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photoluminescence en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-)der. English photo- English luminescence English photoluminescence From photo- + luminescence.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) luminescence following the absorption of a photon.

Forms

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Deriveds

magnetophotoluminescence · microphotoluminescence · radiophotoluminescence

Hypernyms

luminescence

Hyponyms

radiophotoluminescence · phosphorescence · fluorescence

Relateds

photoluminescent

Translations (7)

ca fotoluminescència (luminescence due to photon absorption) · hu fotolumineszcencia (luminescence due to photon absorption) · fi fotoluminesenssi (luminescence due to photon absorption) · it fotoluminescenza (luminescence due to photon absorption) · es fotoluminiscencia (luminescence due to photon absorption) · ro fotoluminiscență (luminescence due to photon absorption) · eu fotolumineszentzia (luminescence due to photon absorption)