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Recent Examples of fluorescence The show features vibrant paintings created with unusual color combinations in fluorescence and neon not typically found in nature. Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 May 2025 And rendering specialists need it to accurately simulate real-world optical effects like dispersion (rainbows from prisms, for example) and fluorescence. ArsTechnica, 28 Mar. 2025 In addition to multispectral imaging, the researchers also used X-ray fluorescence, which surveys elemental composition, and fiber-optic reflectance spectroscopy, which analyzes pigments. Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Mar. 2025 In the past, researchers monitored early signs of plant stress by taking small samples or observing changes in fluorescence. Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 19 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for fluorescence
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Noun
  • Inside Lenox, palm fronds throw shimmering shadows and rattan lampshades cast a lazy glow.
    The Bon Appétit Staff, Bon Appetit Magazine, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The center beam shows color and detail clearly, while the outer glow only catches movement.
    Big Think, Big Think, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Sidewalk glare to in-office fluorescents are no match for this mineral SPF 30 that delivers with a Swiss clock’s precision.
    Tanya Akim, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Apple has applied an anti-reflective coating to ward off glare to all of the new iPhones, while the S25 Ultra is the only S25 with that feature.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The body of the foreground object briefly blocks light from the star, as do any rings or satellites.
    Nola Taylor Tillman, Space.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Lawrence Kenyon, who lives in Thompson's Station, raised several claims, including defamation, invasion of privacy by false light and intentional infliction of emotional distress.
    Evan Mealins, The Tennessean, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • There is something feral in the onrush of Marlowe’s verse, with the gleam of bared teeth daring us to laugh.
    Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
  • With piercing rumbles, flickering gleams and heaps of fan interaction, Cain's concert felt more like an interactive theatrical experience.
    Audrey Gibbs, Nashville Tennessean, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Stratus clouds are gray layers, sometimes with variances in their luminescence.
    Noel Kirkpatrick, Treehugger, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Rosas and cinematographer Paulo Menezes shoot Lisbon’s streetlife, nightlife and even its quiet cemetery parks with the breezy, sauntering flow of Eric Rohmer’s Paris, and occasionally the hot-to-the-touch luminescence of Wong Kar-wai’s Hong Kong.
    Guy Lodge, Variety, 10 July 2025
Noun
  • Another shopper mentioned using one as a magnetic flashlight during car repairs, snapping to metal on the car’s chassis for hands-free illumination right where it’s needed.
    Miles Walls, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Brief, startling moments of illumination are everywhere in its stories; so are all kinds of optical illusions and distortions.
    Lily Meyer, The Atlantic, 5 Sep. 2025

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“Fluorescence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fluorescence. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.

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