actinic

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   relating to or exhibiting actinism

Questions about actinic

What does actinic mean?

actinic means "relating to or exhibiting actinism".

How many syllables are in actinic?

actinic has 3 syllables: ac-ti-nic. The stress falls on "ti".

Is actinic a common word?

actinic is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.