Meanings
nounthermoluminescence (countable and uncountable, plural thermoluminescences)
plural thermoluminescences
- countableuncountablenatural sciencesThe release of previously absorbed radiation upon being heated.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*gʷʰer-
- Proto-Indo-European*gʷʰermos
- Proto-Hellenic*kʷʰermós
- Ancient Greekθερμός (thermós)
- Englishthermo-
- Englishluminescence
- Englishthermoluminescence
From thermo- + luminescence.
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