photosynthetic

English

Etymology

From photo- +‎ synthetic.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

photosynthetic (comparative more photosynthetic, superlative most photosynthetic)

1. Of, relating to, or employing photosynthesis.
   • 2013 September-October, Katie L. Burke, “In the News”, in American Scientist:

     Oxygen levels on Earth skyrocketed 2.4 billion years ago, when cyanobacteria evolved photosynthesis: […] . The evolutionary precursor of photosynthesis is still under debate, and a new study sheds light. The critical component of the photosynthetic system is the “water-oxidizing complex”, made up of manganese atoms and a calcium atom.

Translations

of or relating to photosynthesis

• Asturian: fotosintéticu
• Belarusian: фотасінтэты́чны (fotasintetýčny)
• Catalan: fotosintètic (ca)
• Finnish: fotosynteettinen, yhteytys- (fi); yhteyttävä (fi)
• Galician: fotosintético (gl)
• German: photosynthetisch
• Hungarian: fotoszintetikus
• Irish: fótaisintéiseach
• Italian: fotosintetico (it)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: ronahîkî çêkirî

• Polish: fotosyntetyczny (pl)
• Russian: фотосинтети́ческий (ru) (fotosintetíčeskij)
• Spanish: fotosintético
• Turkish: fotosentetik
• Ukrainian: фотосинтети́чний (fotosyntetýčnyj)