fluorescev.
/flʊəˈrɛs/, /flɔːˈrɛs/, /flᵿˈrɛs/, U.S. /flʊˈrɛs/, /flɔˈrɛs/ intransitive. To emit light or other radiation by fluorescence; to be or become fluorescent.
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1855 London, Edinb., & Dublin Philos. Mag. 4th Ser. 9 69 The solution of the metallic salt fluoresces with a yellowish light, resembling one of the colours exhibited by its dichroitic crystals.
1874 tr. E. Lommel Nature of Light (ed. 4) 184 A body capable of exhibiting fluorescence fluoresces by virtue of those rays which it absorbs.
1881 S. P. Thompson Elem. Lessons Electr. & Magn. iv. §292 Uranium glass..fluoresces with a fine green light.
1935 C. J. Smith Intermediate Physics (ed. 2) v. li. 867 The end S of the tube is covered with zinc sulphide which fluoresces at the point where the cathode rays strike it.
1969 M. Z. Bradley Brass Dragon (1980) vii. 126 Varzil..sat very still, his white hair fluorescing vaguely in the blue light.
2001 O. Sacks Uncle Tungsten iv. 40 Scheelite was found in beautiful orange crystals that fluoresced bright blue in ultraviolet light.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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