Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To be or become luminescent.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To emit light other than that due to ordinary incandescence. See
luminescence .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To give off light, including in the invisible
electromagnetic radiation frequencies, or becomeluminescent .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb be or become luminescent; exhibit luminescence
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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I just do my research to understand why jellyfish luminesce, and why that protein fluoresce?
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The dogs practically luminesce in the gorgeous, precise prose with which Wroblewski conjures them.
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I just do my research to understand why jellyfish luminesce.
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If a material completes the circuit, the light bulb will luminesce, indicating that it is a conductor.
Electronics Science | SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles 2009
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It's no surprise they would move the birth of the Christ Child from April to this cruel week, just to let the story luminesce from within.
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It's no surprise they would move the birth of the Christ Child from April to this cruel week, just to let the story luminesce from within.
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Some manifest as cohesive gatherings of charged plasma that will luminesce more brightly as the creature gains strength; this can be useful when gauging the effectiveness of countermeasures.
The Starfleet Survival Guide David Mack 2002
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Some manifest as cohesive gatherings of charged plasma that will luminesce more brightly as the creature gains strength; this can be useful when gauging the effectiveness of countermeasures.
The Starfleet Survival Guide David Mack 2002
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Some manifest as cohesive gatherings of charged plasma that will luminesce more brightly as the creature gains strength; this can be useful when gauging the effectiveness of countermeasures.
The Starfleet Survival Guide David Mack 2002
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Some manifest as cohesive gatherings of charged plasma that will luminesce more brightly as the creature gains strength; this can be useful when gauging the effectiveness of countermeasures.
The Starfleet Survival Guide David Mack 2002
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