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/bˌaɪəʊlˌuːmɪnˈɛsəns/
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NOUN
- luminescence produced by physiological processes (as in the firefly)
How To Use bioluminescence In A Sentence
- • This coherent emission of bioluminescence (having the characteristics of a \ "bio-laser\" emission) was demonstrated by using high technology and methodology, such as a photomultiplier, that is able to determine the Poissonian Photocount Statistics of a \ "biophoton emission\" and the hyperbolic-like relaxation of \ "delayed luminescence\" by analyzing the \ "biophoton emission\" and the Recently Uploaded Slideshows
- This suggests that directed bioluminescence and the transmission of bioluminescence through gut walls are more important than ambient light for detecting animals at mesopelagic depths.
- The coloration of transparent species, the lack of countershading, and the opacity of guts in deep-sea species are all hypothesized to be defenses against detection by bioluminescence.
- Some species are capable of producing their own light through bioluminescence, which also makes fireflies glow.
- If the source is a bioluminescent searchlight, the ideal reflectance depends on the irradiance of the bioluminescence striking the organism relative to the background radiance.
- However, bioluminescence, which is quite rare on land, is found at all depths in the sea, and ranges from a steady glow to flashes of varying duration, frequency and intensity.
- While it is evident why certain organisms display bioluminescence, some organisms such as mushrooms glow for unknown reasons.
- In light of their special adaptations related to bioluminescence, buoyancy, crypsis, feeding, intelligence, speed, and vision, they are generally considered to be among the most highly evolved marine invertebrates.
- The luminescence was quantified in live cells using bioluminescence imaging.
- A kind of bioluminescence infused the scene, reinforced by noise. SOMEWHERE EAST OF LIFE