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# luminescence

«luminescence» in Mova's school dictionary: **light given off by something that is not hot, for example…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (luminescence)

### meaning for a pupil

Luminescence is light given off by something that is not hot, for example glow-in-the-dark stickers, fireflies or some deep-sea fish. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/luminescence/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In science lessons on light: bioluminescence is light made by living things; it is different from the light of a hot bulb or fire.

### examples

- The jellyfish glowed with a blue luminescence. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/luminescence/#x1)
- Glow-in-the-dark stars show luminescence after you switch off the light. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/luminescence/#x2)
- Fireflies make their own luminescence. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/luminescence/#x3)
- The waves sparkled with luminescence at night. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/luminescence/#x4)
- Scientists study luminescence in deep-sea animals. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/luminescence/#x5)
- The watch hands shine by luminescence. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/luminescence/#x6)

### note

Uncountable: no plural normally. Adjective: luminescent. «Bioluminescence» means light from living things. Hard spelling: l-u-m-i-n-e-s-c-e-n-c-e.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «luminescence» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/luminescence/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.