photoregulatedadj.
/ˌfəʊtəʊˈrɛɡjᵿleɪtᵻd/, U.S. /ˌfoʊdoʊˈrɛɡjəˌleɪdᵻd/ Chiefly Biology.
Of a process: regulated by means of light.
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photoregulated1957
1957 Bot. Gaz. 118 207/2 Flowering, seed germination, and certain other photoregulated phenomena.
1970 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 66 853 A systematic study of the interaction of naturally occurring carotenoids with various enzyme systems might provide information useful for an understanding of photoregulated processes found in nature.
1997 Chem. & Industry (Nexis) 7 Apr. 272 Unusual polymeric photoregulated systems..can be used to regulate the alignment of low molecular-weight liquid crystals deposited on them.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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