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- noun physics the
luminescence observed when someminerals orglasses , having been exposed toionizing radiation , are subsequently exposed toultraviolet light ; exploited in somedosimeters
Etymologies
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radio- + photoluminescence
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In 1921, he discovered the phenomenon of radiophotoluminescence.
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He worked on the phenomenon of radiophotoluminescence, which he had discovered in 1921.
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