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Fluoresce definition

flo͝o-rĕs, flô-, flō-
fluoresced fluoresces fluorescing
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To undergo, produce, or show fluorescence.
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To produce, show, or undergo fluorescence; be or become fluorescent.
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(intransitive, physics) To emit electromagnetic radiation, especially visible light, when absorbing radiation of some other wavelength.
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(intransitive, of colours) To be very bright, easy to see, dayglo.
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Origin of fluoresce

  • Back-formation from fluorescence

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Back-formation from fluorescence.

    From Wiktionary

Fluoresce Sentence Examples

  • If a molecule which absorbs UV radiation does not fluoresce it means that it must have lost its energy some other way.

  • Some proteins fluoresce naturally, because the fluoresce naturally, because the fluorescent molecule is actually a part of the protein.

  • The beacons then fluoresce near-infrared light in response to light beaming from a small device outside the body.

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