fluorescence

Etymology

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

noun

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

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