Synonyms & related words for photoluminesce

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Words related to photoluminesce

Explore words related to photoluminesce — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include photoluminescence, luminesce, photoluminescent, luminescence, radioluminescence, triboluminescent, cathodoluminescence, luminescent. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Where does photoluminesce come from?

The word photoluminesce breaks down into 3 roots of Greek and Latin origin: photo, from Greek phos (“light”); lumin, from Latin lumen (“light”); and -esce, from Latin escere (“become (inchoative)”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.