Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (1)
1.
sensitive to visible light;
- Example: "photographic film is light-sensitive"[syn: light-sensitive, photosensitive]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
light-sensitive \light-sensitive\ adj.
1. Affected by light; as, the light-sensitive pigments in the
retina.
Syn: photosensitive.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. Hence: (Chem.) Decomposing under the influence of light;
unstable when exposed to light; -- of chemical compounds.
[PJC] lightship
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
light-sensitive
adj 1: sensitive to visible light; "photographic film is light-
sensitive" [syn: light-sensitive, photosensitive]