fluorescent

From fluoresce +‎ -ent.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌflʊəˈɹɛsənt/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /flɔˈɹɛsənt/
• Homophone: florescent, in some pronunciations
• Rhymes: -ɛsənt

fluorescent (comparative more fluorescent, superlative most fluorescent)

1. Of or relating to fluorescence.
2. Exhibiting or produced by fluorescence.

   The fluorescent plants shimmered in the darkness.

3. Emitting visible light as a result of the excitation of phosphors by ultraviolet photons produced by the passage of an electrical current through an inert gas infused with mercury.

   The quality of fluorescent lighting technology has improved dramatically in recent years.

4. Vivid, as if fluorescing; neon.

   Her shirt was fluorescent orange.

• iridescent
• luminescent

fluorescent (plural fluorescents)

1. A fluorescent light.

   The fluorescents hummed day and night.

• incandescent

• IPA^(key): (Central) [flu.u.ɾəˈsen]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [flu.o.ɾəˈsent]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [flu.o.ɾeˈsent]

fluorescent m or f (masculine and feminine plural fluorescents)

1. fluorescent

• “fluorescent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “fluorescent”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “fluorescent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “fluorescent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

• IPA^(key): /fly.ɔ.ʁɛ.sɑ̃/ ~ /fly.ɔ.ʁe.sɑ̃/

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fluorescent (feminine fluorescente, masculine plural fluorescents, feminine plural fluorescentes)

1. fluorescent

• → Romanian: fluorescent
• → Turkish: floresan

• “fluorescent”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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fluorescent m (feminine singular fluorescenta, masculine plural fluorescents, feminine plural fluorescentas)

1. fluorescent

Borrowed from French fluorescent.

fluorescent m or n (feminine singular fluorescentă, masculine plural fluorescenți, feminine and neuter plural fluorescente)

1. fluorescent