Crossword-Solution: BIOLUMINESCENCE
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| EMISSION of light by living organisms | 1 answer |
| LIVING organisms, emission of light by | 1 answer |
| Light emitted by underwater organisms | 1 answer |
| Natural glow? | 1 answer |
| The glow of a glowworm | 1 answer |
| the emission of light from living organisms | 1 answer |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
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Sentences with BIOLUMINESCENCE (5)
PREFACE Bioluminescence, the production of light by animals and plants, has always excited the admiration of the layman and the wonder of the scientist.
Exactly what this material is and why light accompanies its oxidation are the two more fundamental problems in the field of Bioluminescence.
Let us examine each kind in turn in order that we may place the light of animals, _organoluminescence_ or _bioluminescence_ (or _biophotogenesis_), in one of these classes.
Therefore, bioluminescence and chemiluminescence are similar phenomena and they differ from all the other forms of luminescence which we have considered.
CHAPTER V THE CHEMISTRY OF LIGHT PRODUCTION, PART I Two experiments, both performed very early in the history of Bioluminescence, are of great importance in understanding the nature of animal light.
Quotes with BIOLUMINESCENCE (2)
This is the "burglar-alarm" theory of bioluminescence: by turning on its lights, an animal may create enough of a scene to draw the attention of its predator's predator, and thereby perhaps save itself. The corollary of the burglar-alarm theory is the minefield theory. It says the reason so many animals tend to hang motionless in the deep, even fish, is to avoid setting off light explosions that would expose them to their enemies - their predators or their prey. Life in the m…
During my first open ocean dive, I went down to 800 feet and turned out the lights. I knew I would see bioluminescence, but I was totally unprepared for how much. It was incredible! There were explosions of light everywhere, like being in the middle of a silent fireworks display.
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Appears in: CrosSynergy, NYT, USA TODAY, WSJ.
Used 4 times in crossword archives (2012–2023).