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"word": "प्रतिदीप्ति"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"lang_code": "id",
"sense": "emission of light",
"word": "fluoresen"
},
{
"alt": "けいこう",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"roman": "keikō",
"sense": "emission of light",
"word": "蛍光"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"lang_code": "kk",
"roman": "älsız säulelenu",
"sense": "emission of light",
"word": "әлсіз сәулелену"
},
{
"alt": "螢光",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"lang_code": "ko",
"roman": "hyeonggwang",
"sense": "emission of light",
"word": "형광"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"lang_code": "ms",
"sense": "emission of light",
"word": "pendarfluor"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"lang_code": "oc",
"sense": "emission of light",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fluorescéncia"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "emission of light",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fluorescência"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "emission of light",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fluorescencia"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"lang_code": "vi",
"sense": "emission of light",
"word": "huỳnh quang"
}
],
"word": "fluorescence"
}
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