luminescing
Giving off radiance
Luminescing is the present participle of luminesce—to emit light without heat, as through chemical reaction, electrical stimulation, or biological process.
Fireflies luminesce.
So do certain deep-sea creatures and glow sticks.
The word describes the active production of cold light: The algae were luminescing in the dark water.
Giving off steady light
- shimmeringGleaming with wavering light
- gleamingReflecting light brightly
- glimmeringFaintly and unsteadily luminous
- twinklingRapid, intermittent shining
flickering · pulsing · radiating · emanating · moonlit · starlit · candlelit · firefly
Heatless delayed light emission
- photoluminescenceLight emission after absorption
- fluorescenceLight emitted after absorption
- excitationStimulation of response
- emissionDischarged substance or act
spectroscopy · chromophore · scintillation · luminance · candela · lux · light-emitting
Intensely bright or gifted
- effulgentShining brilliantly forth
- refulgentShining intensely bright
- resplendentImpressively beautiful, richly shining
- dazzlingOverwhelmingly bright or impressive
blazing · beaming · shining · lustrous · incandescent · coruscating · scintillating · sparkling
glowing
Giving off steady light
- shimmeringGleaming with wavering light
- gleamingReflecting light brightly
- glimmeringFaintly and unsteadily luminous
twinkling · flickering · pulsing · radiating · emanating · moonlit · starlit · candlelit · firefly · jellyfish
phosphorescence
Heatless delayed light emission
- photoluminescenceLight emission after absorption
- fluorescenceLight emitted after absorption
- excitationStimulation of response
emission · spectroscopy · chromophore · scintillation · luminance · candela · lux · light-emitting
brilliant
Intensely bright or gifted
- effulgentShining brilliantly forth
- refulgentShining intensely bright
- resplendentImpressively beautiful, richly shining
dazzling · blazing · beaming · shining · lustrous · incandescent · coruscating · scintillating · sparkling · iridescent
- lightinglamp, lamps, bulbs, light bulb, light bulbs
- light behaviorreflection, refraction, diffraction, scattering, absorption
luminescingdark
Absence of light
unlit · lightless · darkening · going dark · dimming
luminescingincandescing
Emitting light when heated
incandescent · glowing hot · burning · white-hot · red-hot
illuminate, luminous, illumination, illuminated, luminary, luminosity, luminescent, luminescence, illumine