luminescence
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- noun
- /ˌluːməˈnɛsəns/
- Specialized
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luminescencia
- The yellow-maroon-gold color scheme had returned here, glowing in a pale luminescence from the very material of the corridor.
- luminescence amplitude
- luminescence dating
- luminescence probe
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Examples
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So that's the kind of luminescence we just described.
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Moonlight flooded down through the trees, bathing the valley in white luminescence.
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The rare lights that give this company its uniqueness, it's luminescence.
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A form of algae with the property of luminescence.
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One of the Horsemen was passing directly below, a faint luminescence against the dark.
Fiction book (1993) -
Above it, he could see the milky luminescence of the half-moon.
Fiction book (1998) -
The starlight fell across the roof, giving the dark sky a luminescence that Brakiss found eerie.
Fiction book (1997) -
Meanwhile, he sat there and watched her, asea in the flickering luminescence of the aquariums.
Fiction book (1994) -
The gauntlet that was fused to his flesh burned with a blinding blue-white luminescence.
Fiction book (1992) -
The chemical reaction creates a luminescence similar to a glow stick.
Synonyms
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A steady soft light coming from an object or surface
Antonyms
How Bright
Surface Forms
Morphology
luminescence = luminescent (opaque) = lumin + escence
The noun is directly built from the adjective 'luminescent' with a standard noun-forming ending, though the scientific term may still be unfamiliar to learners.
Etymology
Luminescence comes from the Latin root lumen meaning 'light' and the ending -escence meaning 'beginning to be', the same root you see in luminous. So luminescence is like 'becoming light' and is used for light given off 'without heat'.