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LUMINESCE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they luminesce ... he / she / it luminesces
Past simple: luminesced
Past participle: luminesced
-ing form: luminescing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Be or become luminescent; exhibit luminescence
Classified under:
Verbs of raining, snowing, thawing, thundering
Hypernyms (to "luminesce" is one way to...):
reflect; shine (be bright by reflecting or casting light)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Derivation:
luminescence (light from nonthermal sources)
luminescence (light not due to incandescence; occurs at low temperatures)
luminescent (emitting light not caused by heat)
