Fluorescence Definition
flo͝o-rĕsəns, flô-, flō-
noun
The property of a substance, such as fluorite, of producing light while it is being acted upon by ultraviolet rays, X-rays, or other forms of radiant energy.
Webster's New World
The property of emitting such radiation.
American Heritage Medicine
The production of such light.
Webster's New World
The radiation so emitted.
American Heritage Medicine
Light so produced.
Webster's New World
Origin of Fluorescence
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Coined 1852 by physicist George Stokes from fluorspar + -escence
From Wiktionary
fluor(spar) –escence
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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