as in glow
the steady giving off of the form of radiation that makes vision possible
we could see inside the cave even without a flashlight because of the luminescence coming from some of the fungus on the walls
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Recent Examples of luminescence
When placed under ultraviolet lighting, six species of the critters were found to emit a green luminescence.
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Taylor Nicioli, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2025
Highlighter applied to the inner corners of the eyes and just above the Cupid’s bow offers your look an angelic luminescence.
—Calin Van Paris, Vogue, 12 Aug. 2025
Stratus clouds are gray layers, sometimes with variances in their luminescence.
—Noel Kirkpatrick, Treehugger, 7 Aug. 2025
Each frame is down-sampled to a lower resolution, then subjected to basic pixel/image analysis such as luminescence (brightness) and color extraction, brightness gradient analysis and texture analysis.
—IEEE Spectrum, 22 Dec. 2017
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Taylor Nicioli, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2025
Highlighter applied to the inner corners of the eyes and just above the Cupid’s bow offers your look an angelic luminescence.
—Calin Van Paris, Vogue, 12 Aug. 2025
Stratus clouds are gray layers, sometimes with variances in their luminescence.
—Noel Kirkpatrick, Treehugger, 7 Aug. 2025
Each frame is down-sampled to a lower resolution, then subjected to basic pixel/image analysis such as luminescence (brightness) and color extraction, brightness gradient analysis and texture analysis.
—IEEE Spectrum, 22 Dec. 2017
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for luminescence
Noun
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Clever Mercury in your sign trines lucky Jupiter in your 5th House of Delight, giving your words a playful glow and encouraging authentic self-expression.—
Tarot.com,
Sun Sentinel,
3 Apr. 2026
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During Monday’s lunar flyby, the moon will be between the Orion capsule and the sun, blotting out its retina-burning light so that MAPS’s fainter glow can be safely seen.—
Meghan Bartels,
Scientific American,
3 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Its glare-free screen also helps keep reflections away so you won't be distracted.—
George Yang,
PC Magazine,
27 Mar. 2026
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But their strategy was fouled up when the car’s occupants switched on the headlights, throwing a glare up the tote road along which the wardens had planned to sprint.—
Dave Duffey,
Outdoor Life,
26 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Other tips include riding defensively around cars, using front and rear lights, wearing reflective vests in the dark, and avoiding biking under the influence of drugs or alcohol.—
Sarah Raza,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Mar. 2026
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Before Jody, nobody had ever pushed me to consider the frame, the light, or even the words on the page.—
Lena Dunham,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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The total attendance figure for the 2025 season (4,012,470) gleams in blue on the bottom of the ring.—
Assistant Sports Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Mar. 2026
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The building stands amid all the flash, the gleam, the wow of new Miami, something of an architectural anachronism.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
27 Mar. 2026
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This January, many such tomes on my shelves suddenly seemed to have offered all along nothing more than obfuscation, the opposite of illumination.—
Christine Smallwood,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Mar. 2026
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Yet despite its lack of illumination, the sign remains remarkably intact — for now.—
Elizabeth Blasius,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Mar. 2026
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“Luminescence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/luminescence. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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