fluorescence
Meanings
Plural: fluorescences
Noun
- light emitted during absorption of radiation of some other (invisible) wavelength
- 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.
Origin / Etymology
Coined 1852 by physicist George Stokes from fluorspar + -escence.
Morphologically fluoresce + -ence.
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