fluoresce

[US]/flʊə'res/
[UK]/ˌflʊə'rɛs/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vi. emit light during exposure to electromagnetic radiation.
Word Forms
Past Tensefluoresced
Third Person Singularfluoresces
Present Participlefluorescing
Past Participlefluoresced

Phrases & Collocations

fluorescent dye

fluorescent light

fluorescent material

Example Sentences

Some minerals fluoresce under ultraviolet light.

The dye used in highlighter pens fluoresces brightly.

Certain chemicals in laundry detergents can fluoresce under UV light.

Scientists use fluorescence microscopy to study cells.

The phosphor on a TV screen fluoresces when hit by electrons.

Certain animals have body parts that fluoresce in the dark.

The mineral willemite fluoresces green under UV light.

Fluorescent markers are often used in scientific experiments.

To detect certain substances, scientists use fluorescent probes.

The gemstone opal can fluoresce various colors under UV light.

Real-world Examples

" We found... that their copulatory organs fluoresce."

Source: Scientific 60 Seconds - Scientific American March 2020 Compilation

So similar how scorpions fluoresce, just coincidentally.

Source: PBS Fun Science Popularization

Now, of course, we could see this because the patches were fluorescing in different colors.

Source: TED Talks (Video Version) Bilingual Selection

They are specks of a material which fluoresces.

Source: The Economist - Technology

But plants the world over are fluorescing as they photosynthesize.

Source: Bilingual Edition of TED-Ed Selected Speeches

At the conference, they were cagey about exactly what the fluorescing particles are made of.

Source: The Economist - Technology

So our group helped pioneer a method, a technology, whereby we could tag nutrients with nanoparticles, fluorescing nanoparticles called quantum dots.

Source: TED Talks (Video Version) Bilingual Selection

Absent the gro-lights, some of the algae fluoresce in a range of cool-spectrum colors.

Source: Khan Academy: Reading Skills

I've got fluorescing cadmium green and azurite blue.

Source: Cat and Mouse Game Season 1

And when you spot a scorpion, it's usually from pretty far away because they fluoresce really bright and it looks like toxic sludge green.

Source: PBS Fun Science Popularization

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