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luminesces

luminesces is the third-person singular simple present indicative of luminesce.

Meaning of luminesce

Verb

luminesce (third-person singular simple present luminesces, present participle luminescing, simple past and past participle luminesced)

  1. (intransitive) 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.

Questions about luminesces

What is luminesces the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Luminesces is the third-person singular simple present indicative of luminesce.

Words near luminesces in the dictionary

  1. luminesced
  2. luminescence
  3. luminescences
  4. luminescent
  5. luminescently
  6. luminesces
  7. luminescing
  8. luminiferous
  9. luminiferous aether
  10. lumining
  11. luminious

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