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What does photochromism mean?

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Noun
  1. The reversible transformation of the optical properties of a material when exposed to electromagnetic radiation, especially the reversible darkening of a plastic lens when exposed to sunlight.
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Photochromism is an interesting and intriguing property of materials.
Photochromism is a reversible change in color upon exposure to light.
In contrast, triphenylmethanes exhibit very simple photochromism.
Photochromism is the phenomenon of color change that occurs when certain substances are exposed to certain radiation wavelengths.
Production of a reversible photo-induced color change is known as photochromism.
The wide interest for basic and applied research on photochromism in the last decade is well documented by two monographs.

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