intransitive verb
-·nesced′, -·nesc′ing to be or become luminescent
Origin of luminesce
back-formation from luminescentluminesce
lu·mi·nesceWebster's New World College Dictionary, Fifth Edition Copyright © 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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luminesce
intransitive verb
lu·mi·nesced, lu·mi·nesc·ing, lu·mi·nesc·esTo be or become luminescent.
Origin of luminesce
Back-formation from luminescenceTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Verb
(third-person singular simple present luminesces, present participle luminescing, simple past and past participle luminesced)
- 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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Back-formation from luminescent.
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