fluorescence

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /flʊˈɹɛsəns/, /flɔ-/, /floʊ-/
Homophone: florescence, in some pronunciations

Noun

fluorescence (countable and uncountable, plural fluorescences)

(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

Derived terms

Translations

emission of light

Chinese:
Cantonese: 熒光, 荧光 (jing⁴ gwong¹)

Mandarin: 熒光 (zh), 荧光 (zh) (yíngguāng)
Finnish: fluoresenssi (fi)

Japanese: 蛍光 (けいこう, keikō)
Korean: 형광 (hyeonggwang) (螢光 (ko))
Spanish: fluorescencia f
Vietnamese: huỳnh quang (vi)

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fly.ɔ.ʁɛ.sɑ̃s/

Noun

fluorescence f (plural fluorescences)

(physics) fluorescence

Further reading

“fluorescence” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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