luminescence
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /luːmɪˈnɛs(ə)ns/
- Hyphenation: lu‧min‧es‧cence
- Rhymes: -ɛsəns
Noun
luminescence (countable and uncountable, plural luminescences)
- (physics) Any emission of light that cannot be attributed merely to the temperature of the emitting body.
Derived terms
- adsorboluminescence
- autoluminescence
- bioluminescence
- cathodoluminescence
- chemiluminescence
- chemoluminescence
- crystalloluminescence
- electroluminescence
- immunoluminescence
- magnetoluminescence
- mechanoluminescence
- photoluminescence
- piezoluminescence
- radioluminescence
- radiophotoluminescence
- radiothermoluminescence
- roentgenoluminescence
- sonoluminescence
- superluminescence
- thermoluminescence
Related terms
Translations
emission
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French
Related terms
Further reading
- “luminescence” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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