Synonyms for "luminescence" (30 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (6)

autoluminescencebioluminescencecathode luminescencechemicoluminescencechemiluminescencecorposant

Strong matches (9)

crystalloluminescencedouble corposantelectroluminescencefata morganafluorescencefox fireignis fatuuslight

Noun(1 words)

glow

Related words (15)

luciferaseluciferinluminophormarshfirenoctiluscencephosphorphosphorescencephotoluminescenceradioluminescencethermoluminescencetribofluorescencetriboluminescencetribophosphorescencewispwitch fire

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

8 entries

brightnessbrightness levellightluminanceluminosityluminousnessvisible lightvisible radiation

Related terms

4 entries

fluorescenceluminesceluminescentphosphorescence

derived

26 entries

adsorboluminescenceautoluminescencebioluminescencecathodoluminescencechemiluminescencechemoluminescencecrystalloluminescenceelectroluminescenceepiluminescenceimmunoluminescenceionoluminescencemagnetoluminescencemechanoluminescenceoxoluminescenceoxyluminescencephotoluminescence

Showing 16 of 26 words.

has context

1 entries

physics

is a

2 entries

lightluminosity

related to

3 entries

emissionlighttemperature

Translations

35 translations across 28 languages.

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Arabic

2 entries

• تَأَلُّق noun (emission)
• ضِيَائِيَّة noun (emission)

Basque

1 entries

• lumineszentzia noun (emission)

Catalan

1 entries

• luminescència noun (emission)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries

• 冷光 noun (emission)

Czech

1 entries

• luminiscence noun (emission)

Finnish

1 entries

• luminesenssi noun (emission)

French

1 entries

• luminescence noun (emission)

Galician

1 entries

• luminiscencia noun (emission)

Georgian

2 entries

• ლუმინესცენცია noun (emission)
• ნათება noun (emission)

German

1 entries

• Lumineszenz noun (emission)

Irish

1 entries

• lonracht noun (emission)

Italian

1 entries

• luminescenza noun (emission)

Kazakh

2 entries

• люминесценция noun (emission)
• сәулелену noun (emission)

Lithuanian

1 entries

• švietà noun (emission)

Macedonian

1 entries

• луминисце́нција noun (emission)

Māori

1 entries

• aho hīnātore noun (emission)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

• luminescens noun (emission)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

• luminescens noun (emission)

Persian

1 entries

• تابناکی noun (emission)

Polish

1 entries

• luminescencja noun (emission)

Portuguese

1 entries

• luminescência noun (emission)

Romanian

1 entries

• luminiscență noun (emission)

Russian

2 entries

• люминесце́нция noun (emission)
• свече́ние noun (emission)

Spanish

1 entries

• luminiscencia noun (emission)

Tagalog

2 entries

• kasanagan noun (emission)
• sanag noun (emission)

Tamil

1 entries

• ஒளிப்பாயம் noun (emission)

Turkish

1 entries

• ışıldama noun (emission)

Ukrainian

3 entries

• люмінесце́нція noun (emission)
• сві́чення noun (emission)
• світі́ння noun (emission)

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