light emission

collocation in English

meaningsoflightandemission

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light
adjective
uk
/laɪt/us
/laɪt/
not weighing ...
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emission
noun
uk
/iˈmɪʃ.ən/us
/iˈmɪʃ.ən/
the act of sending out gas, heat, ...
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(Definition oflightandemissionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The hydrogen pressure was adjusted, as much as possible, to maximize thelightemissionfrom the cell.
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As a result the sensitivity of recording weaklightemission, associated with the preheating, can be increased at the expense of the decrease of temporal resolution.
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I was particularly interested in the work being done onlightemissionfrom silicon.
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Thelightemissionand temperature increase probably have no biological significance but are rather side-effects of the rapid snapping motion.
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The decay of this excited state to a lower energy level causeslightemission.
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The thermal energy that is released from the bubble collapse is so great that it can cause weaklightemission.
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It is used to map the physical characteristics oflightemissionfor use in functional systems.
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These are made for use in bug zapper insect traps, where visiblelightemissionis not a problem.
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This light uses a gallium nitride-based semiconductor for bluelightemission.
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The above picture shows the visiblelightemissionspectrum for hydrogen.
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Incandescence is heat-drivenlightemission, so a large portion of the electric energy put into an incandescent bulb is converted into heat.
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For example, silicon nanocrystals can provide efficientlightemissionwhile bulk silicon does not and may be used for memory components.
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Lightemissionfrom a fire forms an image of the flame at a particular instant.
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Thislightemissionis based on the nonlinear optical principle.
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Local thermodynamic equilibrium in a gas means that molecular collisions far outweighlightemission and absorption in determining the distributions of states of molecular excitation.
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Conversely, where mycelium (and vegetative structures like rhizomorphs and sclerotia) are the bioluminescent tissues, the argument has been made thatlightemissioncould deter grazing.
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Thelightemissionof highly compressed noble gas is exploited technologically in the argon flash devices.
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Followinglightemission, the mercury atom returns to its original, unexcited state.
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