FLUORESCENCE


Meaning of FLUORESCENCE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ -ˈre-s ə n(t)s ]

noun

Etymology: fluor spar + opal escence

Date: 1852

: luminescence that is caused by the absorption of radiation at one wavelength followed by nearly immediate reradiation usually at a different wavelength and that ceases almost at once when the incident radiation stops ; also : the radiation emitted — compare phosphorescence

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