calorescencen.
/kaləˈrɛsəns/ Physics.
A name applied (Jan. 1865) by Prof. Tyndall to the change of non-luminous heat-rays into rays of higher refrangibility so as to become luminous. See also calcescence n.
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the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > heat > transmission of heat > [noun] > becoming luminous
calorescence1863
calcescence1881
thermoluminescence1897
the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > light > intensity of light, luminosity > [noun] > luminescence > produced by heat or friction
incandescence1794
calescence1846
calorescence1863
incandescency1882
triboluminescence1889
thermoluminescence1897
tribothermoluminescence1930
1863 J. Tyndall Heat (1870) xiii. §617 To express this transmutation of heat rays into others of higher refrangibility, I propose the term calorescence.
1869 J. Tyndall Notes 9 Lect. on Light §248 In calorescence the atoms of the refractory body are caused to vibrate more rapidly than the waves which fall upon them; the periods of the waves are quickened by their impact on the atoms. The refrangibility of the rays is, in fact, exalted.
1881 Nature 19 May 66/2 Akin gave the name of calcescence..but the term has been superseded by Tyndall's term calorescence, which is etymologically unfortunate, seeing that the Latin verb is calesco, not caloresco.
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