Definition of Fluoresce

1. Verb. Exhibit or undergo fluorescence.

Generic synonyms: Glow
Specialized synonyms: Scintillate
Derivative terms: Fluorescence, Fluorescent, Fluorescent

Definition of Fluoresce

1. Verb. (intransitive physics) To emit electromagnetic radiation, especially visible light, when absorbing radiation of some other wavelength. ¹

2. Verb. (intransitive of colours) to be very bright, easy to see, dayglo. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Fluoresce

1. [v -RESCED, -RESCING, -RESCES]

Medical Definition of Fluoresce

1. 1. To produce or exhibit fluorescence. 2. 4-phenyl[furan[2H(3H)-1'-phthalane]-3,3'-dione;a reagent that reacts with amino acids to procude a fluorescing compound. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fluoresce

fluoranthenes
fluorapatite
fluorated
fluorcaphite
fluorene
fluorenes
fluorenol
fluorenols
fluorenone
fluorenones
fluorenyl
fluorenylidene
fluorenylidenes
fluorescamine
fluorescamines
fluoresce
fluoresced
fluorescein
fluorescein-5-isothiocyanate
fluorescein-conjugated antibody
fluorescein angiography
fluorescein eye examination
fluorescein instillation test
fluorescein isocyanate
fluorescein isothiocyanate
fluorescein sodium
fluorescein string test
fluoresceine
fluoresceines
fluoresceins

Literary usage of Fluoresce

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Ocular Therapeutics by Armand Darier (1903)
"... their mode of action and of penetration through the lymphatic spaces into the media of the eye and cranium. —Demonstration by fluoresce'in, atropine, ..."

2. Chemie der organischen Farbstoffe by Rudolf Nietzki (1906)
"Die gechlorten Fluoresce'ine unterscheiden sich von dem chlorfreien Körper durch ... Es ist viel darüber gestritten worden, ob das Fluoresce'in wirklich ein ..."

3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1901)
"Most of the substances that show fluorescence under the action of ultra-violet light or the X-rays also fluoresce under the action of the radium radiations, ..."

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