autoluminescence

English

Etymology

From auto- +‎ luminescence.

Noun

autoluminescence (uncountable)

1. luminescence activated by the energy of a substance itself
   • 2015 October 27, “Combined Treatments Reduce Chilling Injury and Maintain Fruit Quality in Avocado Fruit during Cold Quarantine”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     Lipid peroxidation in the fruit was detected and visualized by autoluminescence of peroxide lipids as described previously [33, 34 ], using a programmed sequence of autoluminescence for 20 min with emission at 640–770 nm and excitation-block, a binning factor of 8, and an F-stop factor of 1.

Related terms

• autoluminescent