luminescence

From Latin lumen +‎ -escence.

• IPA^(key): /ˌluː.məˈnɛs.əns/

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• Hyphenation: lu‧min‧es‧cence
• Rhymes: -ɛsəns

luminescence (countable and uncountable, plural luminescences)

1. (physics) Any emission of light that cannot be attributed merely to the temperature of the emitting body.

•   luminescence on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• IPA^(key): /ly.mi.nɛ.sɑ̃s/ ~ /ly.mi.ne.sɑ̃s/

luminescence f (plural luminescences)

1. luminescence

• “luminescence”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.