fluorescent
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From fluorescence fluor + -escent
[edit] Adjective
fluorescent (comparative more fluorescent, superlative most fluorescent)
- Of or relating to fluorescence
- Exhibiting or produced by fluorescence
- The fluorescent plants shimmered in the darkness.
- Emitting visible light as a result of the excitation of phosphors by ultraviolet photons produced by the passage of an electrical current through an inert gas infused with mercury.
- The quality of fluorescent lighting technology has improved dramatically in recent years.
- Glowing as if with fluorescence; vivid
- Her shirt was fluorescent orange.
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[edit] Noun
fluorescent (plural fluorescents)
- A fluorescent light
- The fluorescents hummed day and night.
