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Fluorescence
//flʊˈɹɛsəns// noun
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Noun
- 1 The emission of light (or other electromagnetic radiation) by a material when stimulated by the absorption of radiation or of a subatomic particle. countable, uncountable
"A multi-institution US research team has combined some creative chemistry, fluorescence microscopy and laser-driven microballistics to gain a clearer view of just what happens in a high-strain-rate impact, and to tease out the relative contribution of different kinds of energy dissipation within the target (Nat. Commun., doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-52663-1)."
- 2 light emitted during absorption of radiation of some other (invisible) wavelength wordnet
- 3 The light so emitted. countable, uncountable
Etymology
Coined by British physicist George Stokes in 1852 from fluorspar + -escence. Morphologically fluoresce + -ence.
See also for "fluorescence"
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