emit light
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According to the researchers, gravitational waves would not change how often atoms emit light.
From Science Daily • Apr. 10, 2026
Wide pixels, which emit light to the sides, are separated from narrow, front-pointing pixels.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026
Those headlights, on the ends of two of its arms, are more properly called photophores - organs that react a mix of substances with oxygen to emit light.
From BBC • May 16, 2024
"Optical bandgap" refers to the minimum amount of energy needed to make a material absorb or emit light.
From Science Daily • May 3, 2024
Frequently—as in the south European Luciola italica—both sexes of the beetle are provided with wings, and both male and female emit light.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" by Various
