Luminescence Definition
lo͝omə-nĕsəns
noun
Any giving off of light caused by the absorption of radiant or corpuscular energy and not by incandescence; any cold light; specif., fluorescence or phosphorescence occurring in various chemical, biological, electrical, etc. processes at relatively low temperatures.
Webster's New World
The light so emitted.
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