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fluorescence

English

Etymology

Coined 1852 by physicist George Stokes from fluorspar +? -escence.

Morphologically fluoresce +? -ence.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /fl????s?ns/, /fl?-/, /flo?-/
  • Homophone: florescence, in some pronunciations

Noun

fluorescence (countable and uncountable, plural fluorescences)

  1. (physics) The emission of light (or other electromagnetic radiation) by a material when stimulated by the absorption of radiation or of a subatomic particle.
  2. The light so emitted.

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French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fly.?.??.s??s/

Noun

fluorescence f (plural fluorescences)

  1. (physics) fluorescence

Further reading

  • “fluorescence” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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phosphorescence

English

Etymology

From phosphorescent.

Morphologically phosphoresce +? -ence.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?f?sf????s?ns/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /?f??sf????s?ns/
  • Homophone: phosphorescents

Noun

phosphorescence (countable and uncountable, plural phosphorescences)

  1. The emission of light without any perceptible heat; the quality of being phosphorescent.

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See also

  • phosphorescence on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • luminescence

phosphorescence From the web:

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  • what causes phosphorescence
  • what is phosphorescence in the ocean
  • what causes phosphorescence in the ocean
  • what is phosphorescence light
  • what is phosphorescence in the sea
  • what is phosphorescence in computer graphics
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