An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

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luminescence
  فروزستی  
foruzesti
Fr.: luminescence  

The emission of light at low temperatures by any process other than → incandescence, where a substance emits light without being strongly heated. Luminescence is a collective term for different phenomena, for example: → phosphorescence, → fluorescence, → chemiluminescence, → photoluminescence.

See also: From lumin-, from → lumen; → -escence.