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Luminescence

//ˌluː.məˈnɛs.əns// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any emission of light that cannot be attributed merely to the temperature of the emitting body. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    light from nonthermal sources wordnet
  3. 3
    light not due to incandescence; occurs at low temperatures wordnet

Etymology

From Latin lumen + -escence.

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