"photoluminescence" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-photoluminescence.wav [US] Forms: photoluminescences [plural]
Etymology: photo- + luminescence Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|photo|luminescence}} photo- + luminescence Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} photoluminescence (countable and uncountable, plural photoluminescences)
  1. (physics) luminescence following the absorption of a photon. Wikipedia link: photoluminescence Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Light sources, Physics Hypernyms: luminescence Hyponyms: fluorescence [physics, physical-sciences, natural-sciences], phosphorescence [physics, physical-sciences, natural-sciences], radiophotoluminescence [physics, physical-sciences, natural-sciences] Derived forms: magnetophotoluminescence, microphotoluminescence, radiophotoluminescence Related terms: photoluminescent Translations (luminescence due to photon absorption): fotolumineszentzia (Basque), fotoluminesenssi (Finnish), fotoluminescenza [feminine] (Italian), fotoluminiscență [feminine] (Romanian), fotoluminiscencia (Spanish)

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