| CYTOCHROME | • cytochrome n. Any of various related hemoproteins found in the cells of most organisms, which are an important part… • CYTOCHROME n. any of a group of substances in living cells, of great importance in cell oxidation. |
| CYTOCHROMES | • cytochromes n. Plural of cytochrome. • CYTOCHROME n. any of a group of substances in living cells, of great importance in cell oxidation. |
| PHOTOCHROMY | • photochromy n. The art or process of reproducing colours by photography. • PHOTOCHROMY n. a former process of colour photography. |
| PHYTOCHROME | • phytochrome n. (Biochemistry) Any of a class of pigments that control most photomorphogenic responses in higher plants. • PHYTOCHROME n. a plant pigment which absorbs red or infrared rays and acts as an enzyme controlling growth. |
| TAUTOCHRONE | • tautochrone n. (Mathematics) A curve, such that a heavy body, descending along it by the action of gravity, will always… • TAUTOCHRONE n. a curve such that a particle travelling along it under gravity reaches a fixed point in the same time, no matter where it starts. |
| PHOTOCHROMIC | • photochromic adj. Of, related to, or produced by photochromism. • photochromic adj. (Chemistry) Relating to the part of a molecule responsible for its photochromism. • PHOTOCHROMIC adj. changing colour, and hence changing the amount of light transmitted when the incident light increases, or decreases. |
| PHYTOCHROMES | • phytochromes n. Plural of phytochrome. • PHYTOCHROME n. a plant pigment which absorbs red or infrared rays and acts as an enzyme controlling growth. |
| TAUTOCHRONES | • tautochrones n. Plural of tautochrone. • TAUTOCHRONE n. a curve such that a particle travelling along it under gravity reaches a fixed point in the same time, no matter where it starts. |
| PHOTOCHROMICS | • photochromics n. The study of photochromism. • PHOTOCHROMIC n. a photochromic material. |
| PHOTOCHROMIES | • photochromies n. Plural of photochromy. • PHOTOCHROMY n. a former process of colour photography. |
| PHOTOCHROMISM | • photochromism n. The reversible transformation of the optical properties of a material when exposed to electromagnetic… • PHOTOCHROMISM n. the property of changing color on exposure to light or other radiation and of reverting to original color immediately the light or radiation source is removed. |
| TAUTOCHRONISM | • TAUTOCHRONISM n. the state of being a tautochrone. |
| TAUTOCHRONOUS | • tautochronous adj. Occupying the same time. • tautochronous adj. (Mathematics) Relating to, or having the properties of, a tautochrone. • TAUTOCHRONOUS adj. lasting the same amount of time. |
| PHOTOCHROMISMS | • photochromisms n. Plural of photochromism. • PHOTOCHROMISM n. the property of changing color on exposure to light or other radiation and of reverting to original color immediately the light or radiation source is removed. |
| TAUTOCHRONISMS | • TAUTOCHRONISM n. the state of being a tautochrone. |
| BRACHISTOCHRONE | • brachistochrone n. (Mathematics) A cycloid; the curve of fastest descent between two points. • BRACHISTOCHRONE n. the curve along which a particle acted on by a force (e.g. gravity) will pass in the shortest time from one given point to another. |