photobiological

8.6

Relating to how light affects living things like plants or animals

adjective
/ˌfoʊtoʊbaɪˈɑːlədʒɪkəl/

Specialized

: fotobiológico

First, its radiation spectrum (Figure 1) peaks within the wavelength range supporting photobiological activity, including photosynthesis, in plants that convert about 1% of the Sun's energy reaching the surface into biologically stored energy.

Examples

Many plants rely on photobiological reactions to convert sunlight into energy through photosynthesis.
Photobiological processes are essential for understanding how light influences the growth of various organisms.
The researchers studied the photobiological effects of sunlight on aquatic plants in the laboratory.

Synonyms

photic

vsphotobiological

Specialized

1 8.8

Connected with light and its effects on living things

applies only to effects on living organisms rather than environments

photoinduced

vsphotobiological

Specialized

7.4

Happens when light causes a chemical or material change

focuses on biological effects on living organisms rather than physical processes

Surface Forms

photobiological positive

Morphology

photobiological = biological (transparent) = photo + bio + log + ical

The word is transparently formed by adding photo- to biological, and the meaning is directly compositional in a scientific context.

Etymology

Photobiological breaks into photo- 'light' and bio- 'life', the same photo- you find in photograph and the bio- you find in biology. So, photobiological describes how light affects living things.