Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun That branch of science which investigates the chemical action of light.
  • noun The study of the Actinozoa: as, the actinology of the South Atlantic.

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 of light on chemicals.

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  • n. - instrument for calculating time of photographic exposures. actinology

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