"luminescence" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌluː.məˈnɛs.əns/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-luminescence.wav Forms: luminescences [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛsəns Etymology: From Latin lumen + -escence. Etymology templates: {{af|en|la:lumen|-escence}} Latin lumen + -escence Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} luminescence (countable and uncountable, plural luminescences)
  1. (physics) Any emission of light that cannot be attributed merely to the temperature of the emitting body. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Physics Related terms: fluorescence, luminesce, luminescent, phosphorescence Translations (emission): lumineszentzia (Basque), luminescència [feminine] (Catalan), luminiscence [feminine] (Czech), luminesenssi (Finnish), luminescence [feminine] (French), luminiscencia (Galician), ლუმინესცენცია (luminescencia) (Georgian), ნათება (nateba) (Georgian), Lumineszenz [feminine] (German), lonracht [feminine] (Irish), luminescenza [feminine] (Italian), švietà [feminine] (Lithuanian), луминисце́нција (luminiscéncija) [feminine] (Macedonian), aho hīnātore (Maori), luminescens [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), luminescens [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), تابناکی (tâbnâki) (Persian), luminescencja [feminine] (Polish), luminescência [feminine] (Portuguese), luminiscență [feminine] (Romanian), свече́ние (svečénije) [neuter] (Russian), люминесце́нция (ljuminescéncija) [feminine] (Russian), luminiscencia [feminine] (Spanish), sanag (Tagalog), kasanagan (Tagalog), ஒளிப்பாயம் (oḷippāyam) (Tamil), ışıldama (Turkish), світі́ння (svitínnja) [neuter] (Ukrainian), сві́чення (svíčennja) [neuter] (Ukrainian), люмінесце́нція (ljuminescéncija) [feminine] (Ukrainian)

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