luminesce

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
13
Words With Friends
18
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/ˌlumɪˈnɛs/(US)

Definition of luminesce

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (intransitive)To give off light, including in the invisible electromagnetic radiation frequencies, or become luminescent.
    “Phosphorus will only begin to luminesce at a certain small pressure of oxygen.”

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Etymology

Back-formation from luminescent.

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