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Definition of "thermoluminescence" []

  • A phenomenon in which certain minerals release previously absorbed radiation upon being moderately heated. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "thermoluminescence" in a sentence
  • "The debate focuses on the dating technique, known as thermoluminescence (TL), which uses quartz or feldspar, ubiquitous at archaeological sites, as its subject material."
  • "In the meantime, only two things are certain: As unusual as our man is among burial figures, he is authentic according to thermoluminescence tests; and whatever he represented to eighth-century Chinese, to 21st-century scholars he is a riveting work of art."
  • "There are still other techniques: potassium-argon dating, thermoluminescence dating, hydration dating, fission-track dating."
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