Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Direct conversion of electric energy to light by a solid phosphor subjected to an alternating electric field.
- noun Emission of light caused by electric discharge in a gas.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Luminescence electrically excited, as by the discharge in a vacuum tube. See
luminescence .
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- noun physics the generation of
light by the application of analternating current to asemiconductor orphosphor , or by anelectric discharge through agas
Etymologies
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Examples
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Polymers can also be made to light up, but by another principle, namely electroluminescence, which is used in photodiodes.
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2000 - Information for the Public 2000
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Light-emitting diodes LEDs represent various types of semiconductor devices that produce incoherent narrow-spectrum light fascicles when powered with a steady-state voltage electrical source, producing the effect known as electroluminescence.
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In electroluminescence, light is emitted from a thin layer of the polymer when excited by an electrical field.
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2000 - Information for the Public 2000
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A man who gets turned on by cold light technology and electroluminescence.
Flash Jayne Ann Krentz 1998
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A man who gets turned on by cold light technology and electroluminescence.
Flash Jayne Ann Krentz 1998
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A man who gets turned on by cold light technology and electroluminescence.
Flash Jayne Ann Krentz 1998
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They shot downward, through the roiling waves of electroluminescence, and into the protecting grooves of the disk.
Tides Of Light Benford, Gregory, 1941- 1989
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Cue up a kaleidoscope of House Industries techniques, substrates, disciplines and muscle memory compressed into high-definition pixels and actively matrixed through modulated electroluminescence with an audio lesson from
Boing Boing Mark Frauenfelder 2011
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"Compared with other types of flat panel displays such as LCDs and electroluminescence displays, FED is advantageous in its brightness and size (a huge size is possible)."
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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Prof. Bradley is one of the 1989 co-inventors of conjugated polymer of electroluminescence.
Epolitix News 2010
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