Get to know Photosensitive better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like sensitive.
Photosensitive in a sentence
Photosensitive meaning
having a reaction to, or able to be affected by, light
Synonyms of Photosensitive
Using Photosensitive
- The main meaning on this page is: having a reaction to, or able to be affected by, light
- Useful related words include: light-sensitive, sensitive.
- In the example corpus, photosensitive often appears in combinations such as: the photosensitive, photosensitive cells, photosensitive material.
Context around Photosensitive
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 5 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 14 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Photosensitive
- In this selection, "photosensitive" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 23.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, contain, large, cells, material and epilepsy stand out and add context to how "photosensitive" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a photosensitive dye is and a photosensitive material is. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "photosensitive" sits close to words such as aaon, abbv and abdalla, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with photosensitive
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
I am photosensitive to bright light. (6 words)
Another method for manufacturing diffraction gratings uses a photosensitive gel sandwiched between two substrates. (14 words)
A photosensitive dye is then applied, after which the discs are metalized and lacquer-coated. (15 words)
If a photosensitive material is selectively exposed to radiation (e.g. by masking some of the radiation) the pattern of the radiation on the material is transferred to the material exposed, as the properties of the exposed and unexposed regions differs. (41 words)
Previous hypotheses emphasized that photosensitive proteins and circadian rhythms may have originated together in the earliest cells, with the purpose of protecting replicating DNA from high levels of damaging ultraviolet radiation during the daytime. (34 words)
When, via random mutation across the population, the photosensitive cells happened to have developed on a small depression, it endowed the organism with a better sense of the light's source. (31 words)
Example sentences (14)
I am photosensitive to bright light.
Oh, and a warning about the below video from the band – "This video has been identified by Epilepsy Action to potentially trigger seizures for people with photosensitive epilepsy.
The retinas, multi-layered sensory tissue that line the back of the eye, contain photosensitive cells that send light information to the SCN.
Another method for manufacturing diffraction gratings uses a photosensitive gel sandwiched between two substrates.
A photosensitive dye is then applied, after which the discs are metalized and lacquer-coated.
A photosensitive material is a material that experiences a change in its physical properties when exposed to a radiation source.
First-generation machines had large photosensitive drums, of circumference greater than the loaded paper's length.
If a photosensitive material is selectively exposed to radiation (e.g. by masking some of the radiation) the pattern of the radiation on the material is transferred to the material exposed, as the properties of the exposed and unexposed regions differs.
Numerous patents describe the photosensitive drum coating as a silicon sandwich with a photocharging layer, a charge leakage barrier layer, as well as a surface layer.
Previous hypotheses emphasized that photosensitive proteins and circadian rhythms may have originated together in the earliest cells, with the purpose of protecting replicating DNA from high levels of damaging ultraviolet radiation during the daytime.
Silver metal dissolves readily in nitric acid ( HNOmain ) to produce silver nitrate ( AgNOmain ), also called 'lunar caustic', a transparent crystalline solid that is photosensitive and readily soluble in water.
The retina comprises numerous pigment cells and photoreceptors; the latter are easily modified flagellated cells, whose flagellum membranes carry a photosensitive pigment on their surface.
Typically, the photosensitive substances are sealed between two substrates which make them resistant to humidity, thermal and mechanical stresses.
When, via random mutation across the population, the photosensitive cells happened to have developed on a small depression, it endowed the organism with a better sense of the light's source.
Common combinations with photosensitive
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: