nonradiative

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Etymology

From non- +‎ radiative.

Adjective

nonradiative (not comparable)

  1. Not radiative
    • 1901 May 17, Journal of the Society of Arts, volume 49, page 516:
      He had done that in virtue of having followed out to their logical issue the fundamental scientific principles of the subject which he had so clearly grasped, one of which was the essential distinction between the radiative and the nonradiative circuit.
    • 1991, V.N. Abakumov, Nonradiative Recombination in Semiconductors, page 238:
      Multi-charge centers and complexes in semiconductors may represent effective centers for nonradiative recombination due to Auger processes involving participation of two localized carriers.
    • 2009, Orazio Svelto, Principles of Lasers, page 111:
      A nonradiative transition then occurs by recombination of a free hole with this trapped electron, the excess energy being transferred to the lattice.