luminescence
Syllables: lu·min·es·cence/ˌluː.məˈnɛs.əns/
luminescence noun: any emission of light that cannot be attributed merely to the temperature of the emitting body.
Noun
luminescence (countable and uncountable, plural luminescences)
- Any emission of light that cannot be attributed merely to the temperature of the emitting body.
luminescence meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
luminescence in Tamil
- emission
- ஒளிப்பாயம் oḷippāyam
luminescence in Urdu
- luminescence
- اجاگری ujāgari
luminescence in Bengali
- দীপ্তি, প্রদীপ্তি
luminescence in Malayalam
- സംദീപ്തി
More languagesFewer languages
- luminescence in Tagalog
- sanag, kasanagan
- luminescence in Arabic
- ضِيَائِيَّة ḍiyāʔiyya, تَأَلُّق taʔalluq
- luminescence in Persian
- تابناکی tâbnâki
Forms of luminescence
| plural | luminescences |
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Origin of luminescence
From Latin lumen + English -escence.
Words formed from luminescence
- adsorboluminescence
- autoluminescence
- bioluminescence
- cathodoluminescence
- chemiluminescence
- chemoluminescence
- crystalloluminescence
- electroluminescence
- epiluminescence
- fractoluminescence
- galvanoluminescence
- immunoluminescence
- ionoluminescence
- magnetoluminescence
- mechanoluminescence
- oxoluminescence
- oxyluminescence
- photoluminescence
- piezoluminescence
- pyroluminescence
- radioluminescence
- radiophotoluminescence
- radiothermoluminescence
- roentgenoluminescence
- shrimpoluminescence
- sonoluminescence
- superluminescence
- thermoluminescence
- triboluminescence
Words that rhyme with luminescence
Questions about luminescence
- What does luminescence mean?
- Luminescence means any emission of light that cannot be attributed merely to the temperature of the emitting body.
- What is luminescence in Tamil?
- Luminescence in Tamil is ஒளிப்பாயம் (oḷippāyam). See Luminescence meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is luminescence?
- Luminescence is a noun.
- How do you pronounce luminescence?
- Luminescence is pronounced /ˌluː.məˈnɛs.əns/.
- What is the plural of luminescence?
- The plural of luminescence is luminescences.
Words near luminescence in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: luminescence (page history and authors); اجاگری (Urdu) (page history and authors); luminescence (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); luminescence (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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