fluorescence

Signification (Anglais)

1. (countable, uncountable) The emission of light (or other electromagnetic radiation) by a material when stimulated by the absorption of radiation or of a subatomic particle.
2. (countable, uncountable) The light so emitted.

Concepts

fluorescence

Synonymes

luminescence

fluorescent light

phosphorescence

reflected color

Traductions

fluorescenza

Fluoreszenz

fluorescencia

fluorescência

fluorescentie

fluorescència

φθορισμός

استشعاع

floresans

Fluorescencia

floresan

fthorismos

فلور

تألق

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/flʊˈɹɛsəns/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Coined by British physicist George Stokes in 1852 from fluorspar + -escence. Morphologically fluoresce + -ence.