different between fluorescent vs luminescent

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

From stem of Latin lumen (“light”) +? -escent.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lu?m??n?s(?)nt/
• Hyphenation: lumin?es?cent
• Rhymes: -?s?nt

Adjective

luminescent (comparative more luminescent, superlative most luminescent)

1. Emitting light by luminescence.

Derived terms

Related terms

• luminesce
• luminescence
• phosphorescent

See also

• fluorescent
• iridescent

Translations

Catalan

Adjective

luminescent (masculine and feminine plural luminescents)

1. luminescent

Derived terms

• bioluminescent

Related terms

• luminescència

Further reading

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

French

Adjective

luminescent (feminine singular luminescente, masculine plural luminescents, feminine plural luminescentes)

1. luminescent

Derived terms

• bioluminescent

Related terms

• luminescence

Further reading

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

Romanian

Etymology

From French luminescent

Adjective

luminescent m or n (feminine singular luminescent?, masculine plural luminescen?i, feminine and neuter plural luminescente)

1. luminescent

Declension