photoluminescence

English

Etymology

photo- +‎ luminescence

Pronunciation

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Noun

photoluminescence (countable and uncountable, plural photoluminescences)

1. (physics) luminescence following the absorption of a photon.

Hypernyms

• luminescence

Hyponyms

• (physics): fluorescence, phosphorescence, radiophotoluminescence

Derived terms

• magnetophotoluminescence
• microphotoluminescence
• radiophotoluminescence

Related terms

• photoluminescent

Translations

luminescence due to photon absorption

• Basque: fotolumineszentzia (eu)
• Finnish: fotoluminesenssi
• Italian: fotoluminescenza (it) f
• Romanian: fotoluminiscență f
• Spanish: fotoluminiscencia (es)

French

Noun

photoluminescence f (plural photoluminescences)

1. photoluminescence

Further reading

• “photoluminescence”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.