different between ultraviolet vs fluorescence

English

Etymology

From ultra- +? violet.

Adjective

ultraviolet (comparative more ultraviolet, superlative most ultraviolet)

1. of electromagnetic radiation beyond (higher in frequency than) light visible to the human eye; radiation with wavelengths from 380 nanometre - 10 nanometre

Translations

Noun

ultraviolet (countable and uncountable, plural ultraviolets)

1. Ultraviolet colour.

Translations

See also

• ultraviolet radiation

French

Etymology

From ultra- +? violet

Adjective

ultraviolet (feminine singular ultraviolette, masculine plural ultraviolets, feminine plural ultraviolettes)

1. ultraviolet

Noun

ultraviolet m (plural ultraviolets)

1. ultraviolet (light)

Further reading

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

Romanian

Etymology

From French ultraviolet.

Adjective

ultraviolet m or n (feminine singular ultraviolet?, masculine plural ultraviole?i, feminine and neuter plural ultraviolete)

1. ultraviolet

Declension

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.

Derived terms

Translations

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).