intransitive verb
-·resced′, -·resc′ing to produce, show, or undergo fluorescence; be or become fluorescent
Origin of fluoresce
back-formation from fluorescencefluoresce
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fluoresce
intransitive verb
fluo·resced, fluo·resc·ing, fluo·resc·esTo undergo, produce, or show fluorescence.
Origin of fluoresce
Back-formation from fluorescenceRelated Forms:
- fluo·resc′er
noun
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Verb
(third-person singular simple present fluoresces, present participle fluorescing, simple past and past participle fluoresced)
- (intransitive, physics) To emit electromagnetic radiation, especially visible light, when absorbing radiation of some other wavelength.
- (intransitive, of colours) to be very bright, easy to see, dayglo.
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Back-formation from fluorescence.
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fluoresce - Computer Definition
See fluorescence.
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