[f. L. sonōr-us SONOROUS a.] The conversion of intermittent radiations into sound.
1881. E. H. Cook, in Philos. Mag., May, 378. In the new phenomena we have again a change from more rapid into less rapid, which is very similar to that which occurs in fluorescence. To the change which takes place in this case, therefore, I venture to propose the term ‘Sonorescence.’
1884. A. Daniell, Princ. Physics, 512. It has been proposed to call the last-mentioned property of hard rubber the sonorescence of that substance.
Hence Sonorescent a.
1881. E. H. Cook, in Philos. Mag., May, 378. A body such as hard rubber … would be called a sonorescent body, just as sulphate of quinine is a fluorescent body.
