photoinducev.
/ˌfəʊtəʊɪnˈdjuːs/, /ˌfəʊtəʊɪnˈdʒuːs/, U.S. /ˌfoʊdoʊᵻnˈd(j)us/ transitive. To induce by the action of light; esp. (Plant Physiology) to induce reproductive behaviour in (a plant) by an appropriate sequence of light and darkness (also with the behaviour as object).
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photoinduce1949
1949 Bot. Gaz. 110 495/1 If one part of the plant was kept completely in the dark and some other part above it was photoinduced to flower, then the part in the dark also flowered.
1952 Ann. Rev. Plant Physiol. 3 269 If a plant is photoinduced and then is grafted on to an individual kept on the noninductive conditions, the latter plant will also initiate flowers.
1974 Photochem. & Photobiol. 19 163/1 It is..of importance to determine if an electron transfer reaction of this type can be photoinduced in a model system.
2000 Science (Nexis) 4 Feb. 839 In PIA (12), ΔT is photoinduced by a continuous-wave..laser, which generates long-lived photoexcitations with density N.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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