Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The study of the Actinozoa: as, the actinology of the South Atlantic.
- noun That branch of science which investigates the chemical action of light.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The science which treats of rays of light, especially of the actinic or chemical rays.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun sciences The
study of the effect oflight onchemicals .
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n. - instrument for calculating time of photographic exposures. actinology
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