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Iridescence vs Fluorescence - What's the difference?

iridescence | fluorescence |

As nouns the difference between iridescence and fluorescence

is that iridescence is the condition or state of being iridescent; exhibition of colors like those of the rainbow; a prismatic play of color while fluorescence is (physics) the emission of light (or other electromagnetic radiation) by a material when stimulated by the absorption of radiation or of a subatomic particle.

iridescence

English

(wikipedia iridescence)

Noun

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  • The condition or state of being iridescent; exhibition of colors like those of the rainbow; a prismatic play of color.
  • Any shimmer of glittering and changeable colors.

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    fluorescence

    English

    Noun

  • (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

    • Derived terms

    * fluorescence microscope * fluoresce * fluorescein * fluorescent

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