luminesce
US/ˌlumɪˈnɛs/
luminesce verb: to give off light, including in the invisible electromagnetic radiation frequencies, or become luminescent.
Verb
luminesce (third-person singular simple present luminesces, present participle luminescing, simple past and past participle luminesced)
- To give off light, including in the invisible electromagnetic radiation frequencies, or become luminescent.
- Phosphorus will only begin to luminesce at a certain small pressure of oxygen.
Forms of luminesce
| third-person singular present | luminesces |
|---|---|
| present participle | luminescing |
| past participle | luminesced |
| past | luminesced |
Origin of luminesce
Back-formation from luminescent.
Words formed from luminesce
Words that rhyme with luminesce
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- SMS
- success
- compress
- largesse
- ness
- profess
- confess
- distress
- regress
- depress
- excess
- guess
- prepossess
- undress
- CBS
- ingress
- oppress
- redress
- transgress
- assess
- cess
- duress
- fess
- fluoresce
- Hesse
- less
- mayoress
- obsess
- tress
- unless
- yes
- accresce
- acquiesce
- aggress
- BESS
- caress
- clothes press
- congress
- defervesce
- digress
- ess
- foulness
- Hess
- intumesce
- jess
- lazy S
- liquesce
- repress
Questions about luminesce
- What does luminesce mean?
- Luminesce means to give off light, including in the invisible electromagnetic radiation frequencies, or become luminescent.
- What part of speech is luminesce?
- Luminesce is a verb.
- How do you pronounce luminesce?
- Luminesce is pronounced /ˌlumɪˈnɛs/ (US).
- What is the past tense of luminesce?
- The past tense of luminesce is luminesced.
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