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fluorescence

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of fluorescence

the steady giving off of the form of radiation that makes vision possible

studied the fluorescence of certain elements

Synonyms of fluorescence

blaze, flare, glare, gleam, glow, illumination, incandescence, light, luminescence, radiance, shine

Words Related to fluorescence

flash, glimmer, glint, glitter, scintillation, shimmer, sparkle, twinkle

daylight, moonlight, sunlight, sunshine

afterglow, aureole (or aureola), aurora, beam, halo, ray, shaft, streak, stream, sunbeam

glisten, gloss, luster (or lustre), polish, reflection, sheen

Near Antonyms of fluorescence

blackness, dark, darkness, dimness, dusk, duskiness, gloom, night, shadow

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