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photoluminesce

photoluminesce verb: to exhibit photoluminescence.

Verb

photoluminesce (third-person singular simple present photoluminesces, present participle photoluminescing, simple past and past participle photoluminesced)

  1. To exhibit photoluminescence

Forms of photoluminesce

third-person singular presentphotoluminesces
present participlephotoluminescing
past participlephotoluminesced
pastphotoluminesced

Origin of photoluminesce

From photo- + luminesce.

Questions about photoluminesce

What does photoluminesce mean?
Photoluminesce means to exhibit photoluminescence.
What part of speech is photoluminesce?
Photoluminesce is a verb.
What is the past tense of photoluminesce?
The past tense of photoluminesce is photoluminesced.

Words near photoluminesce in the dictionary

  1. photological
  2. photologist
  3. photologists
  4. photologs
  5. photology
  6. photoluminesce
  7. photoluminesced
  8. photoluminescence
  9. photoluminescences
  10. photoluminescent
  11. photoluminesces

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