photosensitive

/'foutou'sensitiv/

Thân thiện

Photographic film is photosensitive and must be kept in a dark container.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Sensitive to light: Reacting to or affected by light, especially visible light. This describes a material or substance whose properties change when exposed to light.

Usage

• The term photosensitive is used to describe materials (like film, paper, or electronic sensors) or biological systems (like skin or eyes) that have a reaction to light.
• It is a technical term common in photography, electronics, and medicine.

Examples

• Adjective:
  • Photographic film is photosensitive and must be kept in a dark container.
  • Some people have photosensitive skin that burns easily in the sun.
  • The device uses a photosensitive cell to detect changes in light levels.

Advanced Usage

• Photosensitive epilepsy: A condition where seizures are triggered by flashing lights or certain visual patterns.
  • The video game includes a warning for people with photosensitive epilepsy.

Variants and Related Words

• Photosensitivity (noun): The quality or condition of being photosensitive.
  • The medication can cause increased photosensitivity.
• Light-sensitive (adjective): A more general synonym for photosensitive.
• Photoreactive (adjective): Reacting chemically to light.

Synonyms

• Light-sensitive: Affected by or responding to light.
• Photoreceptive: Capable of detecting or receiving light (often used for biological structures like eyes).

Antonyms

• Lightfast: Resistant to fading or change when exposed to light.
• Photos table: Unaffected by light.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. sensitive to visible light
   • photographic film is light-sensitive

Từ đồng nghĩa

• light-sensitive