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luminescing

luminescing is the present participle and gerund 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 luminescing

What is luminescing the present participle and gerund of?
Luminescing is the present participle and gerund of luminesce.

Words near luminescing in the dictionary

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

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