Luminol
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈljuːmɪnɒl/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Luminol is a noun meaning (organic chemistry) The compound 5-amino-2,3-dihydro-1,4-phthalazinedione, which exhibits blue chemiluminescence when mixed with an appropriate oxidizing agent.
Meaning
(organic chemistry) The compound 5-amino-2,3-dihydro-1,4-phthalazinedione, which exhibits blue chemiluminescence when mixed with an appropriate oxidizing agent.
More Meanings
- (transitive, criminology, law enforcement) To test or subject a sample or an individual to a luminol agent in order to locate traces of blood.
Example Sentences
Luminoling of material can establish unequivocally that no blood is present.
The crime scene unit was all over the apartment, photographing, luminoling, vacuuming, plucking with tweezers.
For two nights Patterson, Frosch, and Nabors Luminoled the house, checking and re-checking the evidence they found.
He sighs. "The cops luminoled everyone at the hospital right after they got there. They all came out clean as a whistle."
Word Forms
- luminols
- luminoling
- luminolling
- luminoled
- luminolled
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include isoluminol, chemiluminol, luminolide, lumichrome, lumogallion, chemoluminescence.
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