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CHEMILUMINESCENCE

Dictionary entry overview: What does chemiluminescence mean?

• CHEMILUMINESCENCE (noun)
The noun CHEMILUMINESCENCE has 1 sense:

1. luminescence resulting from a chemical reaction as the oxidation of luciferin in fireflies

Familiarity information: CHEMILUMINESCENCE used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• CHEMILUMINESCENCE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Luminescence resulting from a chemical reaction as the oxidation of luciferin in fireflies

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Hypernyms ("chemiluminescence" is a kind of...):

luminescence (light not due to incandescence; occurs at low temperatures)

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