- noctilucence
- noc·ti·lu·cence
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noctilucence
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noctilucence — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|lüsən(t)s noun ( s) Etymology: New Latin noctiluca + English ence : bioluminescence * * * noctiluˈcence noun • • • Main Entry … Useful english dictionary
noctilucent — noctilucence, n. /nok teuh looh seuhnt/, adj. Meteorol. (of high altitude clouds) visible during the short night of the summer. [1885 90; NOCTI + LUCENT] * * * … Universalium
Jean-Jacques d'Ortous de Mairan — Engraving by Simon Charles Miger after Charles Nicolas Cochin. Born … Wikipedia
luminescence — n 1. illumination, luminosity, luminance, shining, beaming, glaring, incandescence, effulgence, refulgence, refulgency; radiation, irradiation, fluorescence, phosphorescence, bioluminescence, glowing, ultraviolet, Physics. photoluminescence, Me… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
luminosity — n 1. luminance, luminescence, effulgence, refulgence, refulgency, refulgentness, fulgentness; incandescence, fluorescence, phosphorescence, bioluminescence, Physics. photoluminescence, Meteorol. noctilucence; radiance, radiancy, brilliance,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
noctilucent — /nɒktəˈlusənt/ (say noktuh loohsuhnt) adjective 1. shining at night; phosphorescent. 2. Meteorology (of clouds) very high and cirrus like, visible during the short night of summer and believed to be of meteor dust shining with reflected sunlight …
noctiluca — n. (pl. cae luminescent sea creature. ♦ noctilucal, ♦ noctilucent, a. luminescent (applied to living organisms only). ♦ noctilucence, n. ♦ noctilucous, a. shining at night; luminescent … Dictionary of difficult words
