Triboluminescent

Définitions de « triboluminescent »

Triboluminescent - Adjectif

• Qui émet de la lumière lorsqu'il est soumis à une friction.

  Comme une substance triboluminescente, sa peau semblait émettre une lueur douce chaque fois qu'elle frottait contre le tissu de sa robe.

Étymologie de « triboluminescent »

Évolution historique de l’usage du mot « triboluminescent » depuis 1800

Citations contenant le mot « triboluminescent »

• The UCLA researchers used the Scotch tape to prove that triboluminescence can be harnessed for x-ray imaging. Their ultimate imaging device, Camara predicts, won’t use the adhesive. Having applied for several patents, the UCLA researchers are not yet ready to divulge just what triboluminescent material they’ll use. Perhaps Wint-O-Green mints?

• Other materials are triboluminescent – sugar, for example. In the past, sugar was supplied in cone shaped blocks known as ‘loaves’ that had to be broken up before use. If the room where this took place was sufficiently dark, faint flashes of light could be seen as pieces were chipped off the block.

• According to school tradition, a claim was once made that the shattering of a pumpkin, frozen in liquid nitrogen and dropped from a sufficient height, would produce a triboluminescent spark (i.e., cause the pumpkin pieces to glow as they shatter).

Traductions du mot « triboluminescent »

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