About The Word Fluorescence
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Fluorescence
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What's The Definition Of Fluorescence?
[n] light emitted during absorption of radiation of some other (invisible) wavelength
Synonyms | Synonyms for Fluorescence: Related Terms | Find terms related to Fluorescence: autoluminescence | bioluminescence | cathode luminescence | chemicoluminescence | chemiluminescence | corposant | crystalloluminescence | double corposant | electroluminescence | fata morgana | fox fire | ignis fatuus | luciferase | luciferin | luminescence | luminophor | marshfire | noctiluscence | phosphor | phosphorescence | photoluminescence | radioluminescence | thermoluminescence | tribofluorescence | triboluminescence | tribophosphorescence | wisp | witch fire See Also | autofluorescence | light | phosphorescence | visible light | visible radiation Fluorescence In Webster's Dictionary \Flu`o*res"cence\, n. [From {Fluor}.] (Opt.)
That property which some transparent bodies have of producing
at their surface, or within their substance, light different
in color from the mass of the material, as when green
crystals of fluor spar afford blue reflections. It is due not
to the difference in the color of a distinct surface layer,
but to the power which the substance has of modifying the
light incident upon it. The light emitted by fluorescent
substances is in general of lower refrangibility than the
incident light. --Stockes.
\Flu`o*res"cence\, n. A property possessed by fluor spar, uranium glass, sulphide of calcium, and many other substances, of glowing without appreciable rise of temperature when exposed to light or to ultra-violet rays, cathode rays, X rays, etc. |
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