sonoluminescence

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *swenh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *swónh₂os

Latin sonus

English sono-

Proto-Indo-European *lewk-

Proto-Indo-European *-s-

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥

Proto-Indo-European *léwksmn̥

Proto-Italic *louksmən

Latin lumen

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti

Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁sḱeti

Proto-Italic *-ēskō

Latin -ēscō

Latin -escensder.

English -escence

English luminescence

English sonoluminescence

From sono- + luminescence.

Noun

sonoluminescence (uncountable)

1. (physics) The emission of short bursts of light from imploding bubbles in a liquid when excited by sound.

Translations

The emission of short bursts of light from imploding bubbles

• Basque: sonolumineszentzia (eu)
• Finnish: sonoluminesenssi
• Italian: sonoluminescenza (it) f
• Romanian: sonoluminiscență (ro) f
• Russian: сонолюминесце́нция (ru) f (sonoljuminescéncija)
• Spanish: sonoluminiscencia (es) f