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Luminescence

Luminescence Meaning & Definition
Luminescence Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Luminescence?

[n] light from nonthermal sources
[n] light not due to incandescence; occurs at low temperatures

Synonyms | Synonyms for Luminescence: glow

Related Terms | Find terms related to Luminescence: autoluminescence | bioluminescence | cathode luminescence | chemicoluminescence | chemiluminescence | corposant | crystalloluminescence | double corposant | electroluminescence | fata morgana | fluorescence | fox fire | ignis fatuus | luciferase | luciferin | luminophor | marshfire | noctiluscence | phosphor | phosphorescence | photoluminescence | radioluminescence | thermoluminescence | tribofluorescence | triboluminescence | tribophosphorescence | wisp | witch fire

See Also | bioluminescence | brightness | brightness level | chemiluminescence | light | light | luminance | luminosity | luminousness | visible light | visible radiation

Luminescence In Webster's Dictionary

\Lu`mi*nes"cence\, n. [See {Luminescent}.] 1. (Physics) Any emission of light not ascribable directly to incandescence, and therefore occurring at low temperatures, as in phosphorescence and fluorescence or other luminous radiation resulting from vital processes, chemical action, friction, solution, or the influence of light or of ultraviolet or cathode rays, etc. 2. (Zo["o]l.) (a) The faculty or power of voluntarily producing light, as in the firefly and glowworm. (b) The light thus produced; luminosity; phosphorescence.

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