fluoresce
verb[IorL]
sciencespecializedus/flɔːˈres/uk/flɔːˈres/toabsorblightof ashortwavelengthandproducelightof alongerwavelength,particularlywhen thisproducesa verybrightcolourthat can beseenin thedark:
Thismaterialfluoresces underultravioletlightwhich makes iteasiertoidentify.
Thecoralfluorescesorange.
- Underblacklightthesubstancewill fluoresce.
- Theeyesof theinsectfluorescegreen.
- As thesecompoundsfluoresce underultravioletlightthey areeasilydetected.
- Theseenzymes,obtainedfromjellyfish, make aproteinthat fluorescesbrightgreenin UVlight.
- Themineralfluorescesyelloworwhiteunder shortwaveultravioletradiationandorangeorredunder longwave.
The qualities of colour
- brightly
- brightness
- colourful
- colourfully
- darken
- darkness
- dusky
- flamboyance
- fluorescent
- garish
- harsh
- lurid
- non-yellowing
- pastel
- prismatic
- pure
- riot
- sombrely
- violent
- vivid
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