photochemistn.
/ˌfəʊtə(ʊ)ˈkɛmɪst/, U.S. /ˌfoʊdəˈkɛməst/ An expert in or student of photochemistry.
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proto-chemist1650
zymologist1828
physico-chemist1866
molecularist1869
food chemist1885
thermochemist1890
photochemist1894
physical chemist1896
zymotechnologist1896
radiochemist1917
immunochemist1930
stereochemist1937
polymer chemist1948
radiation chemist1951
kineticist1960
stereologist1963
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photochemist1894
1894 Amer. Jrnl. Archaeol. 9 73 Dr. Richter bows his acknowledgments to no less than sixty-eight scholars and museum directors, draughtsmen and photo-chemists.
1926 Trans. Faraday Soc. 21 438 Stark's views undoubtedly did not receive from photochemists the attention they deserved.
1941 S. H. Bartley Vision i. 5 The photochemist has given increasing attention to the cycle of changes that occur in the eye in response to light.
1999 Jrnl. Physical Chem. B. 103 9057/2 He has introduced new lines of thought into colloid chemistry..while also awakening photochemists to the utility of colloidal systems in their studies.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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