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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun luminescence has 2 senses
- luminescence(n = noun.phenomenon) - light not due to incandescence; occurs at low temperatures; is a kind of light, visible light, visible radiation
- luminescence(n = noun.attribute) glow - light from nonthermal sources; is a kind of brightness, brightness level, light, luminance, luminosity, luminousness
has particulars: bioluminescence, chemiluminescence
Derived forms verb luminesce1, adjective luminescent1
Derived forms verb luminesce1, adjective luminescent1
CIDE DICTIONARY
luminescence, n. [See Luminescent.].
- 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. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- The faculty or power of producing light by biological processes, as in the firefly and glowworm. Also called
bioluminescence . [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
luminescence, n. the emission of light by a substance other than as a result of incandescence.
Derivative
luminescent adj.
Etymology
as LUMEN + -ESCENCE (see -ESCENT)