fluorescent

fluo·res·cent | \ flu̇-ˈre-sᵊnt

How to pronounce fluorescent (audio)

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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

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Examples of fluorescent in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Her piano was lit up in fluorescent green, and both the walls and floor of the stage were colored to match. — De Elizabeth, Teen Vogue, "Taylor Swift Performed "Lover" and "False God" on "Saturday Night Live"," 6 Oct. 2019 Herders paint antlers in fluorescent colors, hang reflectors around the necks of reindeer, and use movable traffic signs to try to keep their herds from getting killed. — Washington Post, "Finnish conscripts injured in attempt to avoid reindeer," 12 Sep. 2019 In 1961, Osamu Shimomura and Frank Johnson isolated the protein from jellyfish that glowed green in sunlight, yellow under a light bulb, and fluorescent green under UV light. — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, "We now know what causes these two shark species to glow green," 8 Aug. 2019 There are blues, fluorescent oranges and yellows splashed all over the ball, whilst the iconic Champions League stars stand out in white with solid black outlines. — SI.com, "Champions League: adidas Unveil Official Ball for 2019/20 Group Stage Games," 17 Sep. 2019 Younger designers seemed keen on re-clothing notions of women and men, with fluorescent expressions of gender fluidity and slinky knitwear for digital androgynes. — Troy Patterson, The New Yorker, "A Message of Useful Beauty from New York Fashion Week," 10 Sep. 2019 Herders have resorted to painting the reindeer antlers in fluorescent colors to reduce their traffic deaths. — Fox News, "Reindeer accident hospitalizes 12 Finnish soldiers in Lapland," 11 Sep. 2019 Then there’s Saint Laurent, where a battalion of black-and-white pieces were interspersed with gabardine mini-dresses and feathered tube dresses in fluorescent tangerine. — Adam Tschorn, Los Angeles Times, "Bold and bright and available now: shopping the fall and winter 2019 women’s trends," 6 Sep. 2019 Hasty has long studied how to engineer various periodic actions into bacteria, including making E. coli pulse with fluorescent light. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "From rock/paper/scissors to new cancer-fighting concept from UCSD scientists," 6 Sep. 2019

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24 Nov 2019

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“Fluorescent.” The Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fluorescent?pronunciation&lang=en_us&dir=f&file=fluore04. Accessed 7 December 2019.

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More Definitions for fluorescent

fluorescent

adjective

English Language Learners Definition of fluorescent

: producing light when electricity flows through a tube that is filled with a type of gas

: very bright

See the full definition for fluorescent in the English Language Learners Dictionary

fluorescent

fluo·res·cent | \ flu̇-ˈre-sᵊnt

, flō- \

Kids Definition of fluorescent

1 : giving out visible light when exposed to external radiation a fluorescent substance a fluorescent coating

2 : producing visible light by means of a fluorescent coating a fluorescent bulb

3 : extremely bright or glowing fluorescent colors

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