| 释义 |
-escence -escencesuff. State; process. Used to form nouns from adjectives in -escent or verbs in -esce: fluorescence.
[French, from Old French, from Latin -ēscentia, from -ēscēns, -ēscent-, -escent.]-escence a suffix of nouns that correspond to verbs ending in -esce or adjectives ending in -escent: coalescence; iridescence. [< Latin -ēscentia. See -esce, -ence] |