"luminesce" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ˌlumɪˈnɛs/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-luminesce.wav Forms: luminesces [present, singular, third-person], luminescing [participle, present], luminesced [participle, past], luminesced [past]
Rhymes: -ɛs Etymology: Back-formation of luminescent. Etymology templates: {{back-form|en|luminescent}} Back-formation of luminescent Head templates: {{en-verb}} luminesce (third-person singular simple present luminesces, present participle luminescing, simple past and past participle luminesced)
  1. (intransitive) To give off light, including in the invisible electromagnetic radiation frequencies, or become luminescent. Tags: intransitive Derived forms: bioluminesce

Inflected forms

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