Test Your Vocabulary

Take Our 10-Question Quiz

Name That Thing

Take our visual vocab quiz

Test Your Knowledge »

True or False?

A quick quiz about stuff worth knowing

Take It Now »

Join Us on FB & Twitter

Get the Word of the Day and More

Facebook | Twitter
  1. Word Games
  2. Word of the Day
  3. New Words & Slang
  4. Video
 

fluorescent

4 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. fluorescent (adjective)
  2. fluorescent brightener (noun)
  3. fluorescent lamp (noun)
  4. fluorescent screen (noun)

fluo·res·cent

adj \-sənt\

Definition of FLUORESCENT

1
: having or relating to fluorescence
2
: bright and glowing as a result of fluorescence <fluorescent inks>; broadly : very bright in color
— fluorescent noun
— fluo·res·cent·ly adverb
See fluorescent defined for English-language learners »
See fluorescent defined for kids »

First Known Use of FLUORESCENT

1853

Other Physics Terms

amplitude, centrifugal, centripetal, convection, gradient, hysteresis, kinetic, lase, quantum

Rhymes with FLUORESCENT

canescent, decrescent, depressant, incessant, increscent, liquescent, pearlescent, rufescent, suppressant, turgescent

Learn More About FLUORESCENT

Browse

Next Word in the Dictionary: fluorescent brightener
Previous Word in the Dictionary: fluorescence
All Words Near: fluorescent

Seen & Heard

What made you want to look up fluorescent? Please tell us where you read or heard it (including the quote, if possible).