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fluoresce

verb
/fləˈɹɛs/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰlewH-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰluH-yé-ti? Latin fluō Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *-ōs Proto-Italic *-ōs Latin -or Latin fluorbor. English fluor Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der. Latin -ītēsbor. French -iteder. English -ite English fluorite Middle Low German sparder. Old English spærstān Middle English sparston English sparstonebf. English spar blend English fluorspar Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁sḱeti Proto-Italic *-ēskō Latin -ēscō Latin -escensder. English -escence English fluorescencebf. English fluoresce Back-formation from fluorescence.

  1. derived from fluoresce Back-formation from fluorescence
  2. derived from -escence English fluorescencebf
  3. derived from spar blend English fluorspar Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁sḱeti Proto-Italic *-ēskō Latin -ēscō Latin -escensder
  4. derived from spærstān Middle English sparston English sparstonebf
  5. derived from -ite English fluorite Middle Low German sparder
  6. derived from -iteder
  7. derived from -ītēsbor
  8. derived from fluor Proto-Indo-European *-tósder
  9. derived from *bʰluH-yé-ti? Latin fluō Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *-ōs Proto-Italic *-ōs Latin -or Latin fluorbor✻
  10. derived from *bʰlewH-der✻
  11. derived from *bʰel-der✻

Definitions

  1. To emit electromagnetic radiation, especially visible light, when absorbing radiation of…

    To emit electromagnetic radiation, especially visible light, when absorbing radiation of some other wavelength.

    • The blinding light did not hurt, it filled him, he glowed, all his veins fluoresced, each one alive with new growth.

  2. To cause to fluoresce

    To cause to fluoresce; to make fluorescent.

    • During right robotic thymectomy, fluorescence imaging facilitates identification of the contralateral phrenic nerve by fluorescing the pericardiophrenic vessels.

  3. Of colours, to be very bright

    Of colours, to be very bright; to be so bright as to appear to radiate as a light source.

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Derived

autofluoresce, autofluorescing, biofluoresce, fluorescamine, fluorescein, fluorescin

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for fluoresce. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA