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Definition of Fluoresce
1. Verb. Exhibit or undergo fluorescence.
Specialized synonyms: Scintillate
Derivative terms: Fluorescence, Fluorescent, Fluorescent
Definition of Fluoresce
1. Verb. (intransitive physics) To emit electromagnetic radiation, especially visible light, when absorbing radiation of some other wavelength. ¹
2. Verb. (intransitive of colours) to be very bright, easy to see, dayglo. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Fluoresce
1. [v -RESCED, -RESCING, -RESCES]
Medical Definition of Fluoresce
1. 1. To produce or exhibit fluorescence. 2. 4-phenyl[furan[2H(3H)-1'-phthalane]-3,3'-dione;a reagent that reacts with amino acids to procude a fluorescing compound. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fluoresce
Literary usage of Fluoresce
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ocular Therapeutics by Armand Darier (1903)
"... their mode of action and of penetration through the lymphatic spaces into the
media of the eye and cranium. —Demonstration by fluoresce'in, atropine, ..."
2. Chemie der organischen Farbstoffe by Rudolf Nietzki (1906)
"Die gechlorten fluoresce'ine unterscheiden sich von dem chlorfreien Körper durch
... Es ist viel darüber gestritten worden, ob das fluoresce'in wirklich ein ..."
3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1901)
"Most of the substances that show fluorescence under the action of ultra-violet
light or the X-rays also fluoresce under the action of the radium radiations, ..."
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