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When the X-ray strikes this salt it makes it glow, or fluoresce, and objects held between the X-ray tube and the fluoroscope cast shadows according to the density of the parts which the X-rays penetrate With the lead-glass bowl removed, the X-ray tube sent forth its wonderful invisible radiation and made the back of the fluoroscope glow with light.

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intransitive verb To undergo, produce, or show fluorescence.

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Engineered protein sensors that detect and report (fluoresce or change colors in the presence of) biohazards. — AnalogSFF,September2008
Under these invisible rays the stuff would fluoresce, or glow, appearing in an eerie electric blue Renny, when he reached the headquarters, would use an ultra-violet projector, a small one which reposed in the desk, to examine the window. — 022 - The Annihilist
Ultra-violet light has the strange property of causing certain substances to fluoresce, or glow. — 037 - The Metal Master
Such a powder could be fusible, fluoresce, detect drugs, be applicable with a regular brush or Magna brush, and develop a print mechanically as well as chemically. — Analog January, 1971
At the fluorescent station, they shined ultra-violet flashlights at chunks of rock to see the different minerals glow - or fluoresce.