luminescence

Other forms of luminescence

plural

luminescences·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about luminescence

What does luminescence mean?

luminescence means "light not due to incandescence; occurs at low temperatures". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in luminescence?

luminescence has 4 syllables: lu-mi-nes-cence. The stress falls on "nes". In IPA it is /ˌluməˈnɛsəns/.

What is another word for luminescence?

Close synonyms include glow. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is luminescence a common word?

luminescence is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with luminescence?

2 words rhyme with luminescence. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.