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luminescent en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /luːmɪˈnɛs(ə)nt/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From stem of Latin lumen (“light”) + -escent, equivalent to luminesce + -ent.

Meanings

1. Emitting light by luminescence.
   • But this does not have the slightly yellow glow of things made with luminescent dye. 2020, N. K. Jemisin, The City We Became, Orbit, page 218:

Forms

Deriveds

superluminescent · fractoluminescent · immunoluminescent · triboluminescent · electroluminescent · radioluminescent · magnetoluminescent · luminescently · bioluminescent · chemiluminescent · equiluminescent · roentgenoluminescent · piezoluminescent · photoluminescent · chemoluminescent · nonluminescent · cathodoluminescent · oxoluminescent · mechanoluminescent · transluminescent · chemicoluminescent · proluminescent · autoluminescent · thermoluminescent

Relateds

luminescence · luminesce · phosphorescent · iridescent · fluorescent

Translations (21)

fr luminescent (emitting light by luminescence) · ca luminescent (emitting light by luminescence) · ro luminescent (emitting light by luminescence) · es luminiscente (emitting light by luminescence) · kk люминесценттік (emitting light by luminescence) · de lumineszierend (emitting light by luminescence) · fi luminesentti (emitting light by luminescence) · it luminescente (emitting light by luminescence) · kk люминесцентті (emitting light by luminescence) · oc luminescent (emitting light by luminescence) · bg луминесцентен (emitting light by luminescence) · gd soillseach (emitting light by luminescence) · tl masanag (emitting light by luminescence) · fi valoa loistava (emitting light by luminescence) · gl luminescente (emitting light by luminescence) · pt luminescente (emitting light by luminescence) · sv självlysande (emitting light by luminescence) · pl luminescencyjny (emitting light by luminescence) · cs luminiscenční (emitting light by luminescence) · mi hīnātore (emitting light by luminescence) · ga lonrach (emitting light by luminescence)