fluorescent

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  1. adjective Of or relating to fluorescence.
  2. adjective Exhibiting or produced by fluorescence: fluorescent plankton; fluorescent light.
  3. 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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  1. = French fluorescent = Portuguese florescente; as fluoresce + -ent.

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/ (flo͝o-rĕsˈənt, flô-, flō-)/
ahd pronounces "fluorescent"
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