- luminesce
- intransitive verb (-nesced; -nescing) Etymology: back-formation from luminescent Date: 1896 to exhibit luminescence
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
luminesce
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luminesce — [lo͞o΄mə nes′] vi. luminesced, luminescing [back form. < LUMINESCENT] to be or become luminescent … English World dictionary
luminesce — verb 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 … Wiktionary
luminesce — /looh meuh nes /, v.i., luminesced, luminescing. to exhibit luminescence. [1895 1900; back formation from LUMINESCENT] * * * … Universalium
luminesce — (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To shine brightly and steadily but without a flame: gleam, glow, incandesce. See LIGHT … English dictionary for students
luminesce — , luminescence … Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors
luminesce — v. emit light, put forth light, glow (not through heat) … English contemporary dictionary
luminesce — [ˌlu:mɪ nɛs] verb emit light by luminescence … English new terms dictionary
luminesce — v shine, radiate, irradiate, glare, effulge; glow, phosphoresce, fluoresce, incandesce; glitter, twinkle, sparkle, flicker, flutter, scintillate, coruscate; gleam, glisten, glimmer, shimmer, Archaic. glister; flash, streak, glint, blink, dart,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
luminesce — lu·mi·nesce … English syllables
luminesce — lu•mi•nesce [[t]ˌlu məˈnɛs[/t]] v. i. nesced, nesc•ing opt to exhibit luminescence • Etymology: 1895–1900; back formation from luminescent … From formal English to slang
