See Also: fluorescence(encyclopedia)
fluorescence(dictionary)
Fluorescence(medicine)
spectrometry, fluorescence(medicine)
microscopy, fluorescence(medicine)
fluorescence spectrum(medicine)
fluorescence polarization(medicine)
fluorescence microscopy(medicine)
fluorescence immunoassay(medicine)
fluorescence microscope(medicine)

fluorescence (iou)



fluorescence noun. M19.
[from FLUORSPAR (which exhibits this property) + -ESCENCE.]
Electromagnetic radiation emitted by certain substances when they are subject to incident radiation (esp. violet or ultraviolet light or X-rays), electrons, or other particles; the property of absorbing light of short (freq. invisible) wavelength and emitting light of longer (visible) wavelength. Cf. PHOSPHORESCENCE.