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photosynthesis

pho·to·syn·the·sis
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [foh-tuh-sin-thuh-sis]
    • /ˌfoʊ təˈsɪn θə sɪs/
    • /ˌfəʊ.təʊˈsɪn.θə.sɪs/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [foh-tuh-sin-thuh-sis]
    • /ˌfoʊ təˈsɪn θə sɪs/

Definitions of photosynthesis word

  • noun photosynthesis the complex process by which carbon dioxide, water, and certain inorganic salts are converted into carbohydrates by green plants, algae, and certain bacteria, using energy from the sun and chlorophyll. 1
  • noun photosynthesis plant: use of sunlight for energy 1
  • uncountable noun photosynthesis Photosynthesis is the way that green plants make their food using sunlight. 0
  • noun photosynthesis (in plants) the synthesis of organic compounds from carbon dioxide and water (with the release of oxygen) using light energy absorbed by chlorophyll 0
  • noun photosynthesis the corresponding process in certain bacteria 0
  • noun photosynthesis the biological synthesis of chemical compounds in the presence of light 0
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Origin of photosynthesis

First appearance:

before 1895
One of the 18% newest English words
First recorded in 1895-1900; photo- + synthesis

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Parts of speech for Photosynthesis

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photosynthesis popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 62% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Related words

  • plant

    any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that have more or less rigid cell walls containing cellulose, including vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, and hornworts: some classification schemes may include fungi, algae, bacteria, blue-green algae, and certain single-celled eukaryotes that have plantlike qualities, as rigid cell walls or photosynthesis.

  • accessory pigment

    any pigment in plants that can absorb light energy and pass the electrons along to the primary pigment which starts the process of photosynthesis.

  • assimilation

    an assimilating or being assimilated

  • autotroph

    any organism capable of self-nourishment by using inorganic materials as a source of nutrients and using photosynthesis or chemosynthesis as a source of energy, as most plants and certain bacteria and protists.

  • bacteriorhodopsin

    a purple protein containing retinal and found in the plasma membrane of certain bacteria (genus Halobacterium): it directly supplies electrochemical energy from sunlight

  • chlorophyll

    Chlorophyll is any, or all, of a group of green pigments that are found in plants and other organisms, which enables them to use the energy from sunlight.
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