'Luminescence' definitions:
Definition of 'luminescence'
(from WordNet)
noun
Light not due to incandescence; occurs at low temperatures
noun
Light from nonthermal sources [syn: luminescence, glow]
Definition of 'Luminescence'
From: GCIDE
- Luminescence \Lu`mi*nes"cence\, n. [See Luminescent.]
- 1. (Physics) Any emission of light not ascribable directly to incandescence, and therefore occurring at low temperatures, as in phosphorescence and fluorescence or other luminous radiation resulting from vital processes, chemical action, friction, solution, or the influence of light or of ultraviolet or cathode rays, etc. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- 2. (Zool.) (a) The faculty or power of producing light by biological processes, as in the firefly and glowworm. Also called bioluminescence. (b) The light produced by biological or biochemical processes. Also called bioluminescence. [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
Synonyms of 'luminescence'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- autoluminescence,
- bioluminescence,
- cathode luminescence,
- chemicoluminescence,
- chemiluminescence,
- corposant,
- crystalloluminescence,
- double corposant,
- electroluminescence,
- fata morgana,
- fluorescence,
- fox fire,
- ignis fatuus,
- luciferase,
- luciferin,
- luminophor,
- marshfire,
- noctiluscence,
- phosphor,
- phosphorescence,
- photoluminescence,
- radioluminescence,
- thermoluminescence,
- tribofluorescence,
- triboluminescence,
- tribophosphorescence,
- wisp,
- witch fire