Definition of Fluoresces

1. Verb. (third-person singular of fluoresce) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Fluoresces

1. fluoresce [v] - See also: fluoresce

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fluoresces

fluorescent antibody titre
fluorescent antinuclear antibody test
fluorescent dye
fluorescent dyes
fluorescent in situ hybridization
fluorescent label
fluorescent lamp
fluorescent microscope
fluorescent screen
fluorescent stain
fluorescent treponemal antibody-absorption test
fluorescently
fluorescents
fluorescer
fluorescers
fluoresces (current term)
fluorescin
fluorescing
fluorestradiol
fluorgenic
fluorian
fluoric
fluorid
fluoridate
fluoridated
fluoridated teeth
fluoridates
fluoridating
fluoridation
fluoridationist

Literary usage of Fluoresces

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

1. Light: A Course of Experimental Optics, Chiefly with the Lantern by Lewis Wright (1882)
"Tincture of stramonium fluoresces strongly by violet rays, and so does anthracene. ... The solution is a fine clear green, but it fluoresces brightly a ..."

2. Optical Projection: A Treatise on the Use of the Lantern in Exhibition and by Lewis Wright (1895)
"A cube of greenish-yellow uranium glass fluoresces a ... fluoresces brilliantly in even gas-light, and it is a beautiful experiment to scatter as much as is ..."

3. The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial Science (1908)
"The hydroxyl and methoxyl groups increase fluorescence ; thus phenol and anisol exhibit the phenomenon very strongly. Benzoic acid fluoresces feebly, ..."

4. Transactions of the International Electrical Congress, St. Louis, 1904 by International Electrical Congress (1905)
"Creosote, oil of cloves and oil of cinnamon are opaque to the rays, oil of wintergreen fluoresces blue. Kays of short wave length are absorbed and ..."

5. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1896)
"Below this temperature the discharge is in straight lines from the cathode and the portion of the glass opposite to the cathode fluoresces much more ..."

6. Chemical Abstracts by American Chemical Society (1916)
"... not violet color; it fluoresces violet in ale. or HPh. ... ш- 305°, fluoresces blue-violet in HPh, sol. in H2SO4 with a magenta color. ..."

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