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electroluminescent

electroluminescent

1 8.7
Giving off light when electricity flows through it, like a watch face or sign
  • adjective
  • /ˌɛlɛktrəˌlumɪˈnɛsənt/
  • Specialized
: electroluminiscente
  • The electroluminescent display on the watch makes it easy to read in the dark.

Examples

  • Well this is where things get really sci-fi quantum dot electroluminescent or QDEL displays.

  • Lighted signs had to look a certain way: like neon, mercury vapor, or electroluminescent bulk diode.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • The electroluminescent panels illuminated the pathway during the night.

  • Her electroluminescent shoes glowed brightly whenever she walked at night.

Synonyms

luminescent
vselectroluminescent
  • Specialized
6 7.0

A thing that gives off light without heat, like fireflies or jellyfish

is light produced specifically by electric current or field
self-luminous
vselectroluminescent
  • Specialized
1 8.4

Making its own light rather than reflecting light

is light caused specifically by an electric current or field

How Bright

dazzling
3 3.1
bright
257 1.0
electroluminescent
  • Specialized
1 8.7
dim
74 1.0
dark
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

electroluminescent positive

Morphology

electroluminescent = luminescent (semi-transparent) = electro + lumin + escent

The word is transparently based on electro- plus luminescent, but it is a technical term rather than an everyday one.

Etymology

Electroluminescent comes from the parts electro- 'electricity', as in electric, and luminescent 'giving off light', like luminous. So, electroluminescent describes something that 'gives off light' because of 'electricity'.