fluorescent
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- adjective Of or relating to fluorescence.
- adjective Exhibiting or produced by fluorescence: fluorescent plankton; fluorescent light.
- adjective Glowing as if with fluorescence; vivid: bright fluorescent colors.
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- The stake was driven into the shoulder of the road, the upper half spraypainted fluorescent orange, with coded numerals written on it. — Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine
- A fluorescent orange flag stapled to a stake marked the northern edge of the crime scene. — The Tenth Circle
- But in reality they wear loud, fluorescent orange. — Drop Shot
- From an open doorway on the right of the room there came the faint greenish glow of daylight fluorescent, and the soft hum of a small machine. — Modesty Blaise
- "I hope not," he said; but he followed her out, all the same, wincing as the fluorescent light came pouring through the open door. — And all the Stars a Stage
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- = French fluorescent = Portuguese florescente; as fluoresce + -ent.
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/ (flo͝o-rĕsˈənt, flô-, flō-)/
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