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    3. 発光

    発光

    発はっ光こう

    emission (of light)

    KMT8News #22+1Noun, Participle, Verb, IntransitiveScience & MathKanji Vocab15 strokes

    はっこう

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    emission (of light), radiation (of light), luminescence

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    この石いしは暗くら闇やみで発はっ光こうします。

    This stone emits light in the dark.

    KMT7Science & Math
    ホタルは夜よるに美うつくしい発はっ光こうを見みせる。

    Fireflies show beautiful luminescence at night.

    KMT8Science & MathAnimals
    生せい物ぶつの発はっ光こう現げん象しょうは、化か学がく反はんの応うによって引ひき起おこされる。

    Bioluminescence is caused by chemical reactions.

    KMT8Science & MathAnimals
    スマートフォンの画が面めんは液えき晶しょうの発はっ光こうを利り用ようしています。

    Smartphone screens utilize the light emission of liquid crystals.

    KMT8Technology
    LEDは低エル消イーディー費はて電いしょ力うひで効んりょく率でこうり的つてきな発はっ光こうを可か能のうにする。

    LEDs enable efficient light emission with low power consumption.

    KMT9Science & MathTechnology

    Kanji that make up this word

    発
    た.つ・あば.く・おこ.る・つか.わす・はな.つ…(4)
    departure・discharge・publish・emit・start from…(2)
    光
    ひか.る・ひかり…(8)
    ray・light
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