About The Word Luminescence
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Luminescence
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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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