fluorescence
English
Etymology
Coined 1852 by physicist George Stokes from fluorspar + -escence.
Morphologically fluoresce + -ence.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /flʊˈɹɛsəns/, /flɔ-/, /floʊ-/
Audio (US): (file) - Homophone: florescence, in some pronunciations
Noun
fluorescence (countable and uncountable, plural fluorescences)
- (physics) The emission of light (or other electromagnetic radiation) by a material when stimulated by the absorption of radiation or of a subatomic particle.
- The light so emitted.
Derived terms
- autofluorescence
- bifluorescence
- biofluorescence
- chemifluorescence
- cryofluorescence
- cytofluorescence
- cytoimmunofluorescence
- epifluorescence
- fluoresce
- fluorescein
- fluorescence anisotropy
- fluorescence microscope
- fluorescence microscopy
- fluorescence spectroscopy
- fluorescent
- histofluorescence
- hyperfluorescence
- hypofluorescence
- immunocytofluorescence
- immunofluorescence
- macrofluorescence
- magnetofluorescence
- microfluorescence
- multifluorescence
- neurofluorescence
- nonfluorescence
- pseudofluorescence
- spectrofluorescence
- stereofluorescence
- superfluorescence
- thermofluorescence
- transfluorescence
- videofluorescence
- X-ray fluorescence
Translations
emission of light
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Anagrams
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English fluorescence.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fly.ɔ.ʁɛ.sɑ̃s/
Audio: (file)
Noun
fluorescence f (plural fluorescences)
Related terms
See also
Further reading
- “fluorescence”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.