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Definition of Luminesces
1. luminesce [v] - See also: luminesce
Lexicographical Neighbors of Luminesces
Literary usage of Luminesces
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Nature of Animal Light by Edmund Newton Harvey (1920)
"Massart found that Noctiluca was difficult to stimulate during the day and
Ceratium, according to both Zacharias (1905) and Moore (1908), only luminesces at ..."
2. The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial Science (1904)
"Thus the aniline ring gives no fluorescence though it luminesces, whereas
anthranilic acid ester both luminesces and fluoresces. ..."
3. Science Abstracts by Institution of Electrical Engineers (1900)
"He finds that the apparent conductivity of a rarefied gas is essentially connected
with its luminescence : the gas luminesces wherever it permits ..."
4. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1821)
"... to the support of any cause, and prostituting his talents for the sake of
gain ; while the physician measures out his luminesces and attentions in the ..."
5. Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers by American Institute of Electrical Engineers (1906)
"... that particular rates of vibration may appear with change of temperature, may
become more or less prominent, depending on the material which luminesces. ..."
6. Light Visible and Invisible: A Series of Lectures Delivered at the Royal by Silvanus Phillips Thompson (1897)
"When exposed to the kathode rays it luminesces with a lovely pale blue tint.
In the third is placed a common whelk shell, which has been lightly calcined. ..."
7. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington by Biological Society of Washington (1912)
"It appears to be very small, and in common with most photogenic micro-organisms,
it is rather delicate; it grows and luminesces best at 18-22° ('.; 2« to ..."
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