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sonoluminescence

sonoluminescence noun: the emission of short bursts of light from imploding bubbles in a liquid when excited by sound.

Noun

sonoluminescence (uncountable)

  1. The emission of short bursts of light from imploding bubbles in a liquid when excited by sound.

Origin of sonoluminescence

From sono- + luminescence.

Questions about sonoluminescence

What does sonoluminescence mean?
Sonoluminescence means the emission of short bursts of light from imploding bubbles in a liquid when excited by sound.
What part of speech is sonoluminescence?
Sonoluminescence is a noun.

Words near sonoluminescence in the dictionary

  1. sonologist
  2. sonologists
  3. sonology
  4. sonolucency
  5. sonolucent
  6. sonoluminescence
  7. sonoluminescent
  8. sonolyse
  9. sonolysed
  10. sonolysis
  11. sonolytic

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