See Also: photogalvanic(dictionary)

vorous (iou) and photogalvanic (iou)


vorous (iou)



-vorous suffix. Also (see below) -ivorous.
[Repr. Latin -vorus, from vorare devour: see -OUS. Cf. -VORE.]
Forming (usu. with intermediate -I-) adjectives with the sense 'devouring, feeding on', as carnivorous, insectivorous, omnivorous.

photogalvanic (iou)



photogalvanic adjective. M19.
[from PHOTO- + GALVANIC.]
= PHOTOELECTRIC 1. Only in M19.
Physics. Designating or utilizing the generation of a potential difference between two electrodes by a photochemical reaction in the electrolyte containing them. M20.