photosynthesis

photosynthesis

English

Etymology

photo- +‎ synthesis

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌfəʊ.təʊ.ˈsɪn.θə.sɪs/, [ˌfəʊ.tʰəʊ.ˈsɪn̪.θə.sɪs]
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌfoʊ.toʊ.ˈsɪn.θə.sɪs/, [ˌfŏʊ.ɾoʊ.ˈsɪn̪.θə.sɪs]

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Noun

photosynthesis (usually uncountable, plural photosyntheses)

1. (biology) Any process by which plants and other photoautotrophs convert light energy into chemical energy,
   1. principally, oxygenic photosynthesis, any process by which plants and algae convert water and carbon dioxide into carbohydrates and waste oxygen using solar energy.
      • 2013 September-October, Katie L. Burke, “In the News”, in American Scientist:

        Oxygen levels on Earth skyrocketed 2.4 billion years ago, when cyanobacteria evolved photosynthesis: the ability to convert water and carbon dioxide into carbohydrates and waste oxygen using solar energy.

   2. also, non-oxygenic photosynthesis, used by purple and green bacteria, heliobacteria, and acidobacteria.

Related terms

• photosynthesise/photosynthesize
• photosynthetic
• photosynthetically

Translations

biological process

Afrikaans: fotosinthese Arabic: تَمْثِيل ضَوْئِيّ‎ m (tamṯīl ḍawʾiyy), تَرْكِيب ضَوْئِيّ‎ m (tarkīb ḍawʾiyy) Assamese: সালোক-সংশ্লেষণ (xalük-xoṅslexon), পোহৰ-মিলন (pühor-milon) Asturian: fotosíntesis f Azerbaijani: fotosintez Bashkir: фотосинтез (fotosintez) Bengali: সালোকসংশ্লেষ (bn) (salokôsôṅśleṣ), সালোকসংশ্লেষণ (bn) (salokôsôṅśleṣôṇô) Bulgarian: фотосинтеза f (fotosinteza) Catalan: fotosíntesi (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 光合作用 (zh) (guānghé zuòyòng) Min Nan: 光合作用 (kng-ha̍p chok-iōng) Czech: fotosyntéza (cs) f Danish: fotosyntese (da) c Dutch: fotosynthese (nl) f Esperanto: fotosintezo Faroese: ljóssamevning f, fotosyntesa f Finnish: fotosynteesi (fi), yhteyttäminen (fi) French: photosynthèse (fr) f Galician: fotosíntese (gl) f Georgian: ფოტოსინთეზი (poṭosintezi) German: Photosynthese (de) f Greek: φωτοσύνθεση (el) f (fotosýnthesi) Greenlandic: qaamanikkut pilersoqarneq Guaraní: tesapemoñanga Gujarati: પ્રકાશસંશ્લેષણ ? (prakāśsãśleṣaṇ) Hawaiian: kāʻamaʻai Hebrew: פוטוסינתזה‎ (he) f (fotosinteza) Hindi: प्रकाश-संश्लेषण ? (prakāś-sanśleṣaṇ) Hungarian: fotoszintézis (hu) Icelandic: ljóstillífun (is) f Indonesian: fotosintesis (id) Irish: fótaisintéis f Italian: fotosintesi (it) f Japanese: 光合成 (ja) (こうごうせい, kōgōsei) Kannada: ದ್ಯುತಿಸಂಶ್ಲೇಷಣೆ (dyutisaṃślēṣaṇe), ಬೆಳಕು ಹಮ್ಮುಗೆ (kn) (beḷaku hammuge) Kazakh: фотосинтез (fotosintez), сәулеқұрау (säuleqūrau) Khmer: រស្មីសំយោគ (rɔɔhmiisɑmyook) Korean: 광합성(光合成) (ko) (gwanghapseong) Kyrgyz: фотосинтез (fotosintez) Latin: photosynthesis f Latvian: fotosintēze f Lithuanian: fotosintezė ? Low German: Photosynthese f Macedonian: фотосинтеза f (fotosinteza) Malay: fotosintesis (ms) Malayalam: പ്രകാശസംശ്ലേഷണം (ml) (prakāśasaṃślēṣaṇaṃ) Manx: co-haaghey sollysh m Maori: ahotakakame Marathi: प्रकाशसंश्लेषण ? (prakāśsauśleṣaṇ) Nepali: प्रकाश संश्लेषण (prakāś saṅśaleṣaṇ) Norwegian: Bokmål: fotosyntese (no) m Nynorsk: fotosyntese m Occitan: fotosintèsi f Persian: نورساخت‎ (nursâxt) Polish: fotosynteza (pl) f Portuguese: fotossíntese (pt) f Punjabi: ਪ੍ਰਕਾਸ਼ ਸੰਸਲੇਸ਼ਣ ? (prkāś sansleśaṇ) Quechua: inti wayllay Romanian: fotosinteză (ro) f Russian: фотоси́нтез (ru) m (fotosíntɛz) Scottish Gaelic: foto-cho-chur m Sindhi: تِڙڪيسازِي‎ (sd) f Sinhalese: ප්‍රභාසංශ්ලේෂණය (prabhāsaṁślēṣaṇaya) Slovene: fotosinteza (sl) f Somali: habka samayska cuntada Spanish: fotosíntesis (es) f Sundanese: fotosintésis Swahili: usanisinuru class 11, usanidimwanga Swedish: fotosyntes (sv) c Tagalog: suglaguman Tamil: ஒளிச்சேர்க்கை (ta) (oḷiccērkkai) Telugu: కిరణజన్య సంయోగ క్రియ (te) (kiraṇajanya saṁyōga kriya) Thai: การสังเคราะห์แสง (kār s̄ạngkherāah̄̒ s̄æng) Turkish: fotosentez (tr), ışılbireşim (tr), ışık yardımı ile besin biriktirme süreci Ukrainian: фотоси́нтез m (fotosýntez) Uyghur: فوتوسىنتېز‎ (fotosintëz) Vietnamese: quang hợp (vi) (光合) Welsh: ffotosynthesis (cy) Zulu: ukwakhiwa kokudla kwesihlahla ?

See also

• chemosynthesis