pyroluminescence

noun

py·​ro·​luminescence

¦pī(ˌ)rō+

: the characteristic spectral radiation (as produced by vaporized salts in a flame) of a gas or vapor excited by high temperature

Word History

Etymology

pyr- + luminescence

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