different between fluorescent vs fluoresce

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?fl?????s?nt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /fl????s?nt/
• Homophone: florescent, in some pronunciations
• Rhymes: -?s?nt

Adjective

fluorescent (comparative more fluorescent, superlative most fluorescent)

1. Of or relating to fluorescence.
2. Exhibiting or produced by fluorescence.

   The fluorescent plants shimmered in the darkness.

3. 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.

   The quality of fluorescent lighting technology has improved dramatically in recent years.

4. Glowing as if with fluorescence; vivid

   Her shirt was fluorescent orange.

Derived terms

• fluorescent lamp
• fluorescent tag
• green fluorescent protein

Related terms

• fluorophore

See also

• iridescent
• luminescent

Translations

Noun

fluorescent (plural fluorescents)

1. A fluorescent light.

   The fluorescents hummed day and night.

See also

• incandescent

Catalan

Adjective

fluorescent (masculine and feminine plural fluorescents)

1. fluorescent

Related terms

• fluorescència

Further reading

• “fluorescent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “fluorescent” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “fluorescent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “fluorescent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Occitan

Pronunciation

Adjective

fluorescent m (feminine singular fluorescenta, masculine plural fluorescents, feminine plural fluorescentas)

1. fluorescent

Related terms

• fluorescéncia

Romanian

Etymology

From French fluorescent

Adjective

fluorescent m or n (feminine singular fluorescent?, masculine plural fluorescen?i, feminine and neuter plural fluorescente)

1. fluorescent

Declension

English

Etymology

Back-formation from fluorescence.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?s

Verb

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

1. (intransitive, physics) To emit electromagnetic radiation, especially visible light, when absorbing radiation of some other wavelength.
2. (intransitive) Of colours, to be very bright; to be so bright as to appear to radiate as a light source.

Related terms

• fluorescence
• fluorescent
• fluorescer
• fluorescently