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Light Reaction

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Noun

1. light reaction

the first stage of photosynthesis during which energy from light is used for the production of ATP

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Light Reaction

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noun
botany
the stage of photosynthesis during which light energy is absorbed by chlorophyll and transformed into chemical energy stored in ATP
Compare dark reaction

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Light Reaction

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the photochemical phase of photosynthesis in which light energy is converted and stored biochemically in the form of ATP
see also dark reaction

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Light Reaction

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n.
Any of the chemical reactions that take place as part of the first stage of photosynthesis and require the presence of light, by which energy captured from light is converted to chemical energy in the form of ATP.

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