luminesce
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Back-formation from luminescent.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
luminesce (third-person singular simple present luminesces, present participle luminescing, simple past and past participle luminesced)
- (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.