Actinology

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The study of the Actinozoa: as, the actinology of the South Atlantic.
  • noun. That branch of science which investigates the chemical action of light.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The science which treats of rays of light, especially of the actinic or chemical rays.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The study of the effect of light on chemicals.