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Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary Date: 1897 1. phosphorescence developed in a previously excited substance upon gentle heating 2. the determination of the age of old material (as pottery) by the amount of thermoluminescence it produces — called also thermoluminescence dating • thermoluminescent adjective

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. the property of becoming luminescent when pretreated and subjected to high temperatures, used as a means of dating ancient artefacts. Derivatives: thermoluminescent adj.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Thermoluminescence Ther`mo*lu`mi*nes"cence, n. (Physics) Luminescence exhibited by a substance on being moderately heated. It is shown esp. by certain substances that have been exposed to the action of light or to the cathode rays. -- -lu`mi*nes"cent, a.