bioluminescence

English

Etymology

From bio- +‎ luminescence.

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /ˌbaɪ̯oʊ̯ˌluməˈnɛsəns/
Hyphenation: bi‧o‧lu‧mi‧nes‧cence

Noun

bioluminescence (countable and uncountable, plural bioluminescences)

(biology, biochemistry) The emission of light by a living organism (such as a firefly).

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Translations

emission of light by a living organism

Catalan: bioluminescència f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 生物發光 (zh), 生物发光 (zh) (shēngwùfāguāng)
Esperanto: bioluminesko
Finnish: bioluminesenssi
French: bioluminescence (fr) f
Galician: bioluminiscencia f
German: Biolumineszenz (de) f
Hungarian: biolumineszcencia (hu)

Icelandic: lífljómun (is) f
Irish: bithlonracht f
Italian: bioluminescenza (it) f
Persian: زیست‌تابی‎ (zīsttābī)
Portuguese: bioluminescência f
Russian: биолюминесце́нция (ru) f (bioljuminescéncija)
Spanish: bioluminiscencia f
Swedish: bioluminiscens (sv), bioluminescens
Telugu: జీవసందీప్తి (jīvasandīpti)
Turkish: biyoluminesans

French

Etymology

bio- +‎ luminescence

Noun

bioluminescence f (plural bioluminescences)

bioluminescence

Related terms

bioluminescent

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