luminesce
English
Etymology
Back-formation from luminescent.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /lumɪˈnɛs/
- Rhymes: -ɛs
Verb
luminesce (third-person singular simple present luminesces, present participle luminescing, simple past and past participle luminesced)
- (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.
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