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fluorescent

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Etymology

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From fluoresce +‎ -ent.

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fluorescent (comparative more fluorescent, superlative most fluorescent)

  1. Of or relating to fluorescence.
  2. Exhibiting or produced by fluorescence.
    The fluorescent plants shimmered in the darkness.
  3. 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.
    • 1960 July, “New Eastern Region diesel depot at Finsbury Park”, in Trains Illustrated, pages 422–423:
      The shed, a steel-framed structure with a single-span roof devoid of intermediate support, is exceptionally well-lit by continuous glazing on the roof and along much of the sides, while there is fluorescent roof lighting for night work.
  4. Vivid, as if fluorescing; neon.
    Her shirt was fluorescent orange.

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fluorescent (plural fluorescents)

  1. A fluorescent light.
    The fluorescents hummed day and night.
    • 2007 March 1, Matthew L. Wald, “Room to Improve”, in The New York Times‎[1]:
      Compact fluorescents are typically rated at 7,500 to 10,000 hours, and incandescents at about 1,500 hours.

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fluorescent m or f (masculine and feminine plural fluorescents)

  1. fluorescent

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French

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fluorescent (feminine fluorescente, masculine plural fluorescents, feminine plural fluorescentes)

  1. fluorescent

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  • → Romanian: fluorescent
  • → Turkish: floresan

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fluorescent m (feminine singular fluorescenta, masculine plural fluorescents, feminine plural fluorescentas)

  1. fluorescent
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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French fluorescent.

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fluorescent m or n (feminine singular fluorescentă, masculine plural fluorescenți, feminine and neuter plural fluorescente)

  1. fluorescent

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Declension of fluorescent
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative-
accusative 		indefinite fluorescent fluorescentă fluorescenți fluorescente
definite fluorescentul fluorescenta fluorescenții fluorescentele
genitive-
dative 		indefinite fluorescent fluorescente fluorescenți fluorescente
definite fluorescentului fluorescentei fluorescenților fluorescentelor
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