luminescence
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This action inspires lovely, shimmering visuals of delicate luminescence, but Mr. Cameron’s references to becoming one with the environment would make the most earnest hippie folk singer blush.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 17, 2025
Their luminescence highlights the crowd while also creating a more intimate, reflective atmosphere.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 11, 2025
The scientists used a technique called luminescence dating to work out the age of the star dune.
From BBC • Mar. 3, 2024
They broke through the energy resolution limit of conventional luminescence measurements by directly observing the fine structure of bound excitons in boron-doped blue diamond, using optical absorption.
From Science Daily • Feb. 27, 2024
Our pink nights glowed with the raw luminescence of the night shift, of factories running around the clock.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
Vocabulary lists containing luminescence
Let There Be Light: Lum and Luc
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Power Suffix: -escence
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Physical Science - Energy - Introductory
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