photolyse, v.
(ˈfəʊtəlaɪz)
Also (chiefly U.S.) -lyze.
[f. photolysis, after analysis, analyse.]
a. trans. To decompose or dissociate by irradiation with light. b. intr. To undergo photolysis.
| 1956 Jrnl. Amer. Chem. Soc. LXXVIII. 6229/1 Pure liquid ethyl iodide was photolyzed at several light intensities and for varying times. 1970 Nature 7 Mar. 928/2 In our experiments the Xe lamp not only photolysed ICN but also excited it to the B2σ state. 1978 Ibid. 21 Sept. p. xv/2 The detector senses any halogen-containing compound which will photolyse in the presence of UV light. |
Hence ˈphotolysed ppl. a.
| 1960 Jrnl. Chem. Soc. 977 No electron-spin resonance absorption could be detected with the photolysed glasses. 1973 Nature 6 July 49/2 A washed and concentrated suspension of bacteria (for example, Proteus mirabilis) caused a conversion of photolysed rhodopsin to isorhodopsin. |