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Definition of Luminescent
1. Adjective. Emitting light not caused by heat.
Definition of Luminescent
1. a. Shining with a light due to any of the various causes which produce luminescence.
Definition of Luminescent
1. Adjective. emitting light by luminescence ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Luminescent
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Luminescent
Literary usage of Luminescent
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Light Visible and Invisible: A Series of Lectures Delivered at the Royal by Silvanus Phillips Thompson (1897)
"... shadows— Deflection of Kathode light by a magnet—Luminescent and mechanical
... discovery of X-rays by the luminescent effect—Shadows on the luminescent ..."
2. The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial ScienceChemistry (1897)
"Further, when the ring is very small it will usually have a very brightly
luminescent central spot, with a dark intervening portion between this spot and ..."
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