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Luminescence

see synonyms of luminescence

Noun

1. luminescence

light not due to incandescence; occurs at low temperatures

2. glow, luminescence

light from nonthermal sources

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Luminescence

see synonyms of luminescence
noun
physics
a. 
the emission of light at low temperatures by any process other than incandescence, such as phosphorescence or chemiluminescence
b. 
the light emitted by such a process

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Luminescence

see synonyms of luminescence
noun
any giving off of light caused by the absorption of radiant or corpuscular energy and not by incandescence; any cold light; specif., fluorescence or phosphorescence occurring in various chemical, biological, electrical, etc. processes at relatively low temperatures

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

Luminescence

see synonyms of luminescence
n.
1. The emission of light that does not derive energy from the temperature of the emitting body, as in phosphorescence, fluorescence, and bioluminescence. Luminescence is caused by chemical, biochemical, or crystallographic changes, the motions of subatomic particles, or radiation-induced excitation of an atomic system.
2. The light so emitted.

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