fluorescent
fluorescent
Definition
fluo·res·cent (-ənt)
adjective
- producing light when acted upon by radiant energy
- glowing and vivid fluorescent colors
fluorescent
Usage Examples
Adjective complement with noun phrase
- wear: Wear something fluorescent during the day or reflective at night.
Adjective modifier
- compact: Compact Fluorescent an energy-efficient, long-lasting substitute for incandescent lamps.
Modifies a noun
- tube: The total mercury content from fluorescent tubes put into landfill each year in the UK is around 3 tons.
- lamp: Plus, the fluorescent lamps are cheaper to run than filament bulbs.
- dye: The cells were stained with a fluorescent dye that binds to DNA.
- lighting: Q Do lupus patients have fluorescent tube lighting or VDU allergy?
- bulb: Benefit: The installation of low energy compact fluorescent bulbs, which use less than 25 % of the energy of regular tungsten bulbs.
- probe: We study intracellular barriers by using novel fluorescent probes.
Used with adjective complement
- become: These cells were engineered so that they became fluorescent if the insulin gene was switched on.
- place: Quot brand of placing fluorescent the atom by ultra violet.
- use: DNA profiling using fluorescent multiplexing is already widely used in human forensics.
Modifying Another Word
- almost: This is the real McCoy; pulpy and almost fluorescent orange.
- highly: A small display, or just showing one or two highly fluorescent examples, may astound them!
- intrinsically: New genetic techniques allow the precise decoration of tissues or sub-cellular compartments with intrinsically fluorescent proteins.
- not: That is to say that the film is designed to be used under artificial lighting ( not fluorescent ).
- brightly: The results were the same: Cells containing mutant CFTR proteins also formed aggregates and became brightly fluorescent.
Preposition: in
- hybridisation: All four euchromatic gaps were sized by fluorescent in situ hybridisation ( FISH ) of clones immediately flanking each gap to extended DNA fibers.
- hybridization: Taking this into account, we designed BAC and PCR probes to use in fluorescent in situ hybridization ( FISH ) experiments.
- violation: One chip signed fluorescent in violation this was not.
Preposition: for
- day: Remember also to wear bright clothing so that others will see you - fluorescent for day, reflective at night.
Browse dictionary entries near fluorescent
- fluorescence
- fluorescein
- fluoresce
- fluor-
- fluor
- fluo-
- flunky
- flunk
- flung
- flump
- fluoridate
- fluoride
- fluorinate
- fluorine
- fluorite
- fluoro-
- fluorocarbon
- fluorochrome
- fluorography
- fluorometer
