Fluorescence vs Fluorescent - What's the difference?
fluorescence | fluorescent | Derived terms |
(physics) The emission of light (or other electromagnetic radiation) by a material when stimulated by the absorption of radiation or of a subatomic particle
The light so emitted
Of or relating to fluorescence
Exhibiting or produced by fluorescence
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.
Glowing as if with fluorescence; vivid
Fluorescent is a derived term of fluorescence.
As nouns the difference between fluorescence and fluorescent
is that fluorescence is the emission of light (or other electromagnetic radiation) by a material when stimulated by the absorption of radiation or of a subatomic particle while fluorescent is a fluorescent light.As an adjective fluorescent is
of or relating to fluorescence.fluorescence
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Noun
Derived terms
* fluorescence microscope * fluoresce * fluorescein * fluorescentExternal links
* ("fluorescence" on Wikipedia) ----fluorescent
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Adjective
(en adjective)- The fluorescent plants shimmered in the darkness.
- The quality of fluorescent lighting technology has improved dramatically in recent years.
- Her shirt was fluorescent orange.