English Explanatory Dictionary

fluorescent

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Of or relating to fluorescence.
Exhibiting or produced by fluorescence.
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.
Vivid, as if fluorescing; neon.

noun

A fluorescent light.

Pronunciation

/ˌflʊəˈɹɛsənt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-fluorescent.wav /flɔˈɹɛsənt/

Word forms

fluorescent more fluorescent most fluorescent fluorescents

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰlewH-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰluH-yé-ti? Latin fluō Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *-ōs Proto-Italic *-ōs Latin -or Latin fluorbor. English fluor Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der. Latin -ītēsbor. French -iteder. English -ite English fluorite Middle Low German sparder. Old English spærstān Middle English sparston English sparstonebf. English spar blend English fluorspar Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁sḱeti Proto-Italic *-ēskō Latin -ēscō Latin -escensder. English -escence English fluorescencebf. English fluoresce English -ent English fluorescent From fluoresce + -ent.

Related words

Derived words

autofluorescent biofluorescent chemifluorescent cytofluorescent epifluorescent fluorescent lamp fluorescently fluorescent tag fluorescent tube fluoro green fluorescent protein histofluorescent hyperfluorescent hypofluorescent immunofluorescent magnetofluorescent multifluorescent nanofluorescent neurofluorescent nonfluorescent polyfluorescent profluorescent pseudofluorescent stereofluorescent superfluorescent unfluorescent vacuum fluorescent display

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