photoisomerize

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photo- +‎ isomerize

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photoisomerize (third-person singular simple present photoisomerizes, present participle photoisomerizing, simple past and past participle photoisomerized)

  1. (chemistry) To cause a structural change between isomers through photoexcitation

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