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Definition of Fluoresces
1. fluoresce [v] - See also: fluoresce
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fluoresces
Literary usage of Fluoresces
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Light: A Course of Experimental Optics, Chiefly with the Lantern by Lewis Wright (1882)
"Tincture of stramonium fluoresces strongly by violet rays, and so does anthracene.
... The solution is a fine clear green, but it fluoresces brightly a ..."
2. Optical Projection: A Treatise on the Use of the Lantern in Exhibition and by Lewis Wright (1895)
"A cube of greenish-yellow uranium glass fluoresces a ... fluoresces brilliantly
in even gas-light, and it is a beautiful experiment to scatter as much as is ..."
3. The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial Science (1908)
"The hydroxyl and methoxyl groups increase fluorescence ; thus phenol and anisol
exhibit the phenomenon very strongly. Benzoic acid fluoresces feebly, ..."
4. Transactions of the International Electrical Congress, St. Louis, 1904 by International Electrical Congress (1905)
"Creosote, oil of cloves and oil of cinnamon are opaque to the rays, oil of
wintergreen fluoresces blue. Kays of short wave length are absorbed and ..."
5. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1896)
"Below this temperature the discharge is in straight lines from the cathode and
the portion of the glass opposite to the cathode fluoresces much more ..."
6. Chemical Abstracts by American Chemical Society (1916)
"... not violet color; it fluoresces violet in ale. or HPh. ... ш- 305°, fluoresces
blue-violet in HPh, sol. in H2SO4 with a magenta color. ..."