FLUORESCE

fluoresce

(verb) exhibit or undergo fluorescence

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

fluoresce (third-person singular simple present fluoresces, present participle fluorescing, simple past and past participle fluoresced)

(intransitive, physics) To emit electromagnetic radiation, especially visible light, when absorbing radiation of some other wavelength.

(intransitive) Of colours, to be very bright; to be so bright as to appear to radiate as a light source.

Source: Wiktionary



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