luminescence
Meaning of luminescence
- the emission of light by a substance that has not been heated, as in fluorescence and phosphorescence.
honey fungus produces a ghostly greenish luminescence
late 19th century: from Latin lumen, lumin- ‘light’ + -escence (denoting a state).
Information about luminescence
- It is a name.
- The plural form of luminescence is: luminescences.
- Languages in which luminescence is used:
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Hyphenation of luminescence
lu-mi-nes-cence
- It consists of 4 syllables and 12 chars.
- luminescence is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables
luminescence synonyms
Meaning glow:
Translation of luminescence
- Spanish: luminiscencia, luminescence
Words that rhyme with luminescence
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