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luminols

luminols is the plural of luminol.

luminols is the third-person singular simple present indicative of luminol.

Meaning of luminol

Noun

luminol (countable and uncountable, plural luminols)

  1. The compound 5-amino-2,3-dihydro-1,4-phthalazinedione, which exhibits blue chemiluminescence when mixed with an appropriate oxidizing agent.
    • The board was fully supportive, Mr. McDevitt said, even when Mr. Wheeler needed to buy a gallon of cow’s blood and a supply of luminol, a blood-detection chemical.2006 September 23, Jill P. Capuzzo, “Teaching Inspector Clouseau to Be Sherlock Holmes”, in The New York Times

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Questions about luminols

What is luminols the plural of?
Luminols is the plural of luminol.

Words near luminols in the dictionary

  1. luminoled
  2. luminolide
  3. luminoling
  4. luminolled
  5. luminolling
  6. luminols
  7. luminometer
  8. luminometers
  9. luminometric
  10. luminometrical
  11. luminometrically

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