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单词 fluoresce
释义

fluoresce

[ floo-res, flaw-, floh- ]
/ flʊˈrɛs, flɔ-, floʊ- /

verb (used without object), fluo·resced, fluo·resc·ing.

to exhibit fluorescence.

Origin of fluoresce

First recorded in 1870–75; back formation from fluorescence

OTHER WORDS FROM fluoresce

fluo·resc·er, noun

Words nearby fluoresce

fluophosphate, fluophosphoric acid, fluor, fluorapatite, fluorene, fluoresce, fluorescein, fluorescence, fluorescence-activated cell sorter, fluorescent, fluorescent antibody technique
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Example sentences from the Web for fluoresce

  • Certain crystals, like barium platinum cyanide, fluoresce when struck by the "X" rays.

    Physics|Willis Eugene Tower
  • Liquids which fluoresce only do so while the exciting light is falling on them, ceasing immediately the exciting light is cut off.

    Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5|Various
  • Some substances also, which fluoresce at ordinary temperatures, will phosphoresce at low temperatures.

    The Nature of Animal Light|E. Newton Harvey

British Dictionary definitions for fluoresce

fluoresce
/ (ˌflʊəˈrɛs) /

verb

(intr) to exhibit fluorescence

Word Origin for fluoresce

C19: back formation from fluorescence
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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