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Brightness vs Fluorescent - What's the difference?

brightness | fluorescent |

As nouns the difference between brightness and fluorescent

is that brightness is the quality of being bright while fluorescent is a fluorescent light.

As an adjective fluorescent is

of or relating to fluorescence.

brightness

English

Noun

(wikipedia brightness) (en-noun)
  • The quality of being bright.
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  • The perception elicited by the luminance of an object.
  • Intelligence, cleverness.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    fluorescent

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of or relating to fluorescence
  • Exhibiting or produced by fluorescence
    • The fluorescent plants shimmered in the darkness.
  • 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.
  • Glowing as if with fluorescence; vivid
    • Her shirt was fluorescent orange.

    Derived terms

    * fluorescent lamp * fluorescent tag * green fluorescent protein

    Related terms

    * fluorophore

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A fluorescent light
    • The fluorescents hummed day and night.

    See also

    * incandescent