calorescence

[kal-uh-res-uhns]

noun

Physics.

1. incandescence caused by absorption of radiation having a frequency below that of visible light.

calorescence

/ ˌkæləˈrɛsəns /

noun

1. physics the absorption of radiation by a body, subsequently re-emitted at a higher frequency (lower wavelength)

Other Word Forms

• calorescent adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of calorescence¹

1855–65; < Latin calor heat + -escence

Example Sentences

Professor Stokes named the phenomena which he has discovered and investigated Fluorescence; for the new phenomena here described I have proposed the term Calorescence.

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In fact, carbon when perfectly dissolved and incorporated with a good white glass, is highly transparent to the calorific rays, and by employing it as an absorbent the phenomena of 'calorescence' may be obtained, though in a less striking form than with the iodine.

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On investigating the calorescence produced by rays transmitted through glasses of various colours, it was found that in the case of certain specimens of blue glass, the platinum foil glowed with a pink or purplish light.

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Here, by the intervention of the platinum, the refrangibility is raised, so as to render the non-visual visual, and to this change I have given the name of Calorescence.

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