luminescent light

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• Luminescent bacteria — emit light as the result of a chemical reaction during which chemical energy is converted to light energy. Luminescent bacteria exist as symbiotic organisms carried within a larger organism, such as many deep sea organisms, including the Lantern… …   Wikipedia

• Luminescent — Lu mi*nes cent, a. [L. luminare to illuminate + escent.] (Physics) Shining with a light due to any of the various causes which produce luminescence. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• luminescent — [lo͞o΄mə nes′ənt] adj. 〚< L lumen, LIGHT1 + ESCENT〛 of, exhibiting, or capable of exhibiting luminescence * * * lu·mi·nes·cent (lo͞o mə nĕsʹənt) adj. Capable of, sui …   Universalium

• luminescent ink — Indicia or stamp ink that contains light reflecting additives (such as phosphor) that allow a facer canceler machine to face and cancel letter size mail …   Glossary of postal terms

• light — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) I adj. airy (see levity); frivolous, jesting, jocular, lightsome; giddy, dizzy, flighty; wanton; nimble, agile; flippant, pert, insouciant; humorous; trivial. See cheerfulness, unimportance, impurity,… …   English dictionary for students

• luminescent organ — 1. Specialized light emitting organs of various invertebrates; see bioluminescence. 2. (MOLLUSCA: Cephalopoda) Open ectodermal pockets filled with luminescent bacteria …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

• luminescent — luminescence ► NOUN ▪ the emission of light by a substance that has not been heated, as in fluorescence and phosphorescence. DERIVATIVES luminescent adjective …   English terms dictionary

• luminescent — adj. [L. lumen, light; escens, beginning of] Producing light; see bioluminescence …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

• luminescent — adjective emitting light not caused by heat (Freq. 1) • Similar to: ↑light • Derivationally related forms: ↑luminescence, ↑luminesce …   Useful english dictionary

• luminescent — adjective emitting light by luminescence See Also: bioluminescent, luminesce …   Wiktionary

• luminescent organs — Areas producing light on the shrimp body; internal as part of gastro hepatic gland (organ of Pesta), or as dermal photophore. (Syn. luminous) [Butler, T.H.]. (Order Mysida): Photophore [Stachowitsch, 1992]. (Order Euphausiacea): Photophore… …   Crustacea glossary