adj
Meaning 1
Of or relating to fluorescence.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Standard Lemma guide
fluorescent
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˌflʊəˈɹɛsənt/
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US: /flɔˈɹɛsənt/
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homophone: florescent
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homophone: in some pronunciations
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rhymes with -ɛsənt
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adj
Meaning 2
Exhibiting or produced by fluorescence.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The fluorescent plants shimmered in the darkness.
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adj
Meaning 3
Emitting visible light as a result of the excitation of phosphors by ultraviolet photons produced by the passage of an electrical current through an inert gas infused with mercury.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The quality of fluorescent lighting technology has improved dramatically in recent years.
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adj
Meaning 4
Vivid, as if fluorescing; neon.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Her shirt was fluorescent orange.
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noun
Meaning 5
A fluorescent light.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The fluorescents hummed day and night.
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adjective satellite
Meaning 6
emitting light during exposure to radiation from an external source
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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adjective satellite
Meaning 7
brilliantly colored and apparently giving off light
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- fluorescent colors
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noun
Meaning 8
a lighting fixture that uses a fluorescent lamp
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fluorescent fixture
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: lighting fixture
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bhel-der. Proto-Indo-European *bhlewH-der. Proto-Indo-European *bhluH-yé-ti? Latin fluō Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *-ōs Proto-Italic *-ōs Latin -or Latin fluorbor. English fluor Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der. Latin -ītēsbor. French -iteder. English -ite English fluorite Middle Low German sparder. Old English spærstān Middle English sparston English sparstonebf. English spar blend English fluorspar Proto-Indo-European *-éh1ti Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh1sḱeti Proto-Italic *-ēskō Latin -ēscō Latin -escensder. English -escence English fluorescencebf. English fluoresce English -ent English fluorescent From fluoresce + -ent.
Across languages
Translations
23 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: fluorescent — of or relating to fluorescence
- Czech: fluorescenční — of or relating to fluorescence
- Czech: světélkující — of or relating to fluorescence
- Danish: fluorescerende — of or relating to fluorescence
- Finnish: fluoresenssi- — of or relating to fluorescence
- Finnish: fluoresoiva — of or relating to fluorescence
- French: fluorescent — of or relating to fluorescence
- German: fluoreszierend — of or relating to fluorescence
- German: fluoreszent — of or relating to fluorescence
- Indonesian: fluoresen — of or relating to fluorescence
- Italian: fluorescente — of or relating to fluorescence
- Japanese: 蛍光 (keikō) — of or relating to fluorescence
- Occitan: fluorescent — of or relating to fluorescence
- Polish: fluorescencyjny — of or relating to fluorescence
- Portuguese: fluorescente — of or relating to fluorescence
- Russian: флуоресце́нтный (fluorescéntnyj) — of or relating to fluorescence
- Russian: флюоресце́нтный (fljuorescéntnyj) — of or relating to fluorescence
- Spanish: fluorescente — of or relating to fluorescence
- Swedish: fluorescerande — of or relating to fluorescence
- Tagalog: magilaw — of or relating to fluorescence
- Tagalog: gilawin — of or relating to fluorescence
- Ukrainian: флуоресце́нтний (fluorescéntnyj) — of or relating to fluorescence
- Ukrainian: флюоресце́нтний (fljuorescéntnyj) — of or relating to fluorescence
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