fluorescent
Meanings
Plural: fluorescents
Noun
- a lighting fixture that uses a fluorescent lamp
- A fluorescent light.
Adjective Satellite
- emitting light during exposure to radiation from an external source
- brilliantly colored and apparently giving off light
- "fluorescent colors"
Adj
- Of or relating to fluorescence.
- Exhibiting or produced by fluorescence.
- 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.
- Vivid, as if fluorescing; neon.
Origin / Etymology
From fluoresce + -ent.
Synonyms
fluorescent fixture
Scrabble Score: 16
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Words With Friends Score: 20
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