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What does actinism mean?

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Noun
  1. (chemistry) That property of electromagnetic radiation that leads to the production of photochemical effects
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Independent of that limitation it could be demonstrated that the actinism of the plasma on the pollutant is very effective.
Because blue glass obstructs many of the luminous rays, but it is perfectly transparent to actinism.
Experiments clearly prove that this change is to be attributed to actinism, and not to heat.
In summer, when the maturing process advances, light and heat increase, and actinism relatively declines.
The germination of seeds in the spring is dependent upon the variations in the amount of actinism or chemical influence of light and heat.
Optical radiation is able to cause chemical changes in certain living or non-living materials: this property is called actinism, and radiation capable of causing such changes is referred to as actinic radiation.

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