Fluoresce
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /fləˈɹɛs/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Fluoresce is a verb meaning (intransitive, physics) To emit electromagnetic radiation, especially visible light, when absorbing radiation of some other wavelength.
Meaning
(intransitive, physics) To emit electromagnetic radiation, especially visible light, when absorbing radiation of some other wavelength.
More Meanings
- (transitive, physics) To cause to fluoresce; to make fluorescent.
- (intransitive) Of colours, to be very bright; to be so bright as to appear to radiate as a light source.
Example Sentences
The blinding light did not hurt, it filled him, he glowed, all his veins fluoresced, each one alive with new growth.
During right robotic thymectomy, fluorescence imaging facilitates identification of the contralateral phrenic nerve by fluorescing the pericardiophrenic vessels.
Word Forms
- fluoresces
- fluorescing
- fluoresced
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include fluorescence, luminesce, radiate, phosphoresce, photoemit, irradiate.
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