Designating or characterized by a state of equilibrium in a photochemical reaction in which the rate of dissociation of the reactants equals their rate of recombination.
Origin
1920s; earliest use found in Transactions of the Faraday Society.
Definition of photostationary in US English:
photostationary
adjective
Chemistry
Designating or characterized by a state of equilibrium in a photochemical reaction in which the rate of dissociation of the reactants equals their rate of recombination.
Origin
1920s; earliest use found in Transactions of the Faraday Society.