Associations to the word «Luminescence»

Wiktionary

LUMINESCENCE, noun. (physics) Any emission of light that cannot be attributed merely to the temperature of the emitting body.

Dictionary definition

LUMINESCENCE, noun. Light not due to incandescence; occurs at low temperatures.
LUMINESCENCE, noun. Light from nonthermal sources.

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca