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Fluorescent vs Fluorescein - What's the difference?

fluorescent | fluorescein |

As nouns the difference between fluorescent and fluorescein

is that fluorescent is a fluorescent light while fluorescein is any of a class of yellow xanthene dyes which are visible when highly diluted; used forensically to detect traces of blood, and in analytical chemistry as an indicator in silver nitrate titrations.

As an adjective fluorescent

is of or relating to fluorescence.

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

    Noun

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

    See also

    * incandescent

    fluorescein

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia fluorescein) (en noun)
  • (chemistry) Any of a class of yellow xanthene dyes which are visible when highly diluted; used forensically to detect traces of blood, and in analytical chemistry as an indicator in silver nitrate titrations
  • Synonyms

    * fluoresceine * resorcinolphthalein

    Derived terms

    * diaminofluorescein