单词 | noctilucence |
释义 | noctilucencen. rare. Marine bioluminescence; (later also) luminescence at night or in the dark. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > light emitted under particular conditions > [noun] > phosphorescence > of the sea burning1667 briming1836 noctilucence1893 1893 Science 7 July 10 The word noctilucent is defined in the Century Dictionary, but the word noctilucence, a term sometimes applied to the light emitted by the Noctiluca, is omitted. 1895 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. II. Noctilucence, the phosphorescence of Noctiluca; any marine phosphorescence. 1969 Sc. Sunday Express 12 Oct. 1/5 It could be caused by ‘noctilucence’ in the cloud—a reflection of the sun's rays from a cloud very high in the sky to a cloud below. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1893 |
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