Define bio-luminescence?

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Some organisms like firefly, glow-worm, lantern-fish etc, produce light of their own.
Emission of light by a living organism due to some chemical reaction taking place inside its body is known as bio-luminescence.

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Sonoluminescence, observed in some organic liquids, is luminescence produced by ultrahigh-frequency sound waves, or ultrasound(high frequency sound). I hope it helps.

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Define bio-luminescence?

Some organisms like firefly, glow-worm, lantern-fish etc, produce light of their own.Emission of light by a living organism due to some chemical reaction taking place inside its body is known as bio-luminescence.

Some organisms like firefly, glow-worm, lantern-fish etc, produce light of their own.
Emission of light by a living organism due to some chemical reaction taking place inside its body is known as bio-luminescence.