Canadian English Meaning of luminescence
luminescence
Other Canadian English words related to luminescence
- glare
- Gleam
- glow
- illumination
- light
- beam
- blaze
- flare
- Fluorescence
- glimmer
- sheen, shimmer, gleam, glitter
- incandescence
- moonlight
- radiance
- twinkle
- afterglow
- halo
- Aurora
- daylight
- flash
- glitter
- Gloss
- halo
- Luster
- Lustre
- Ray
- reflection
- Scintillation
- shaft
- sheen
- shimmer
- shine
- Sparkle
- streak
- Stream
- sunbeam
- Sunshine
Nearest Words of luminescence
- luminescent => luminescent
- luminiferous => luminous
- luminism => Luminism
- luminosity => luminosity
- luminous => luminous
- luminous energy => luminous energy
- luminous flux => Luminous flux
- luminous flux unit => Luminous flux unit
- luminous intensity unit => Luminous intensity unit
- luminousness => luminosity
Definitions and Meaning of luminescence in English
luminescence (n)
light not due to incandescence; occurs at low temperatures
light from nonthermal sources
luminescence (n.)
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.
The faculty or power of voluntarily producing light, as in the firefly and glowworm.
The light thus produced; luminosity; phosphorescence.
FAQs About the word luminescence
luminescence
light not due to incandescence; occurs at low temperatures, light from nonthermal sourcesAny emission of light not ascribable directly to incandescence, and the
glare,Gleam,glow,illumination,light,beam,blaze,flare,Fluorescence,glimmer
blackness,dark,darkness,dimness,dusk,gloom,night,shadow,dusk
luminesce => Luminescence, lumine => lumen, lumination => illumination, luminate => illuminate, luminary => luminary,
