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Definition of luminescence noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

luminescence

noun
 
/ˌluːmɪˈnesns/
 
/ˌluːmɪˈnesns/
[uncountable] (specialist or literary)
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  1. a quality in something that produces light
    Word Originlate 19th cent.: from Latin lumen, lumin- ‘light’ + -escence (denoting a state).
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