LUMINESCENCE
\lˌuːmɪnˈɛsəns], \lˌuːmɪnˈɛsəns], \l_ˌuː_m_ɪ_n_ˈɛ_s_ə_n_s]\
Definitions of LUMINESCENCE
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
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Any emission of light not ascribable directly to incandescence, and therefore occurring at low temperatures, as in phosphorescence and fluorescence or other luminous radiation resulting from vital processes, chemical action, friction, solution, or the influence of light or of ultraviolet or cathode rays, etc.
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The light thus produced; luminosity; phosphorescence.
By Oddity Software
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Any emission of light not ascribable directly to incandescence, and therefore occurring at low temperatures, as in phosphorescence and fluorescence or other luminous radiation resulting from vital processes, chemical action, friction, solution, or the influence of light or of ultraviolet or cathode rays, etc.
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The light thus produced; luminosity; phosphorescence.
By Noah Webster.
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The property of giving off light without emitting a corresponding degree of heat. It includes the luminescence of inorganic matter or the bioluminescence of human matter, invertebrates and other living organisms. For the luminescence of bacteria, LUMINESCENCE, BACTERIAL is available.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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