triboluminescence

noun

tri·​bo·​lu·​mi·​nes·​cence ˌtrī-bō-ˌlü-mə-ˈne-sᵊn(t)s 

ˌtri-

: luminescence due to friction

triboluminescent

ˌtrī-bō-ˌlü-mə-ˈne-sᵊnt 

ˌtri-

adjective

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from German Triboluminescenz, from tribo- tribo- + Luminescenz luminescence

Note: The term was introduced by the German physicist Elhard Wiedemann (1852-1928) in "Ueber Fluorescenz und Phosphorescenz, I. Abhandlung," Annalen der Physik und Chemie, Neue Folge, Band 34 (1888), pp. 448.

First Known Use

1889, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for triboluminescence

• bioluminescence
• chemiluminescence
• immunofluorescence
• photoluminescence
• thermoluminescence
• acquiescence
• adolescence
• coalescence
• convalescence
• effervescence
• efflorescence
• evanescence

Medical Definition

triboluminescence

noun

tri·​bo·​lu·​mi·​nes·​cence ˈtrī-bō-ˌlü-mə-ˈnes-ᵊn(t)s, ˈtrib-ō- 

: luminescence due to friction

triboluminescent

-ᵊnt 

adjective