actinism
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of actinism
Example Sentences
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More than three hundred years have elapsed since the influence and actinism of light on chloride of silver was observed by the alchemists of the sixteenth century.
Light or luminous power to one portion; heat or calorific power to another; and chemical power or actinism to a third.
From The Art of Living in Australia ; together with three hundred Australian cookery recipes and accessory kitchen information by Mrs. H. Wicken by Muskett, Philip E.
What the ray will do depends solely upon what kind of matter it falls upon, and all three of these names, light, heat, and actinism, are names of effects of radiant energy.
The mechanism must be sensitive, as such properties of matter as heat, light, electricity, magnetism, and actinism, are to be handled, caused to vanish and reappear, analyzed and measured.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 288, July 9, 1881 by Various
Of or pertaining to actinism; as, actinic rays.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah
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