A fluorescent surface, substance, or colour has a very bright appearance when light is directed onto it, as if it is actually shining itself.
...a piece of fluorescent tape.
fluorescenceuncountable noun
...the green fluorescence it gives off under ultraviolet radiation.
2. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
A fluorescent light shines with a very hard, bright light and is usually in the form of a long strip.
...fluorescent light tubes.
fluorescent in British English
(ˌflʊəˈrɛsənt)
adjective
exhibiting or having the property of fluorescence
fluorescent in American English
(ˈfluəˈrɛsənt)
adjective
1.
producing light when acted upon by radiant energy
2.
glowing and vivid
fluorescent colors
Examples of 'fluorescent' in a sentence
fluorescent
It’s humid and lit by fluorescent lights.
Smithsonian Mag (2017)
The interior of the gallery had become woefully shabby, with dull grey walls, poor flooring and harsh fluorescent lighting.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The scene is lit by pitiless fluorescent strip lights.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
We stopped and traffic police with their fluorescent striped jackets and a soldier appeared.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
She was wearing a bright fluorescent pink raincoat and stood out like a sore thumb.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The echoing interior is lit by one tiny fluorescent strip on the ceiling.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The other technique for balancing fluorescent lighting is to use photographic lamps.
Freeman, Michael Collins Complete Guide to Photography (1993)
They looked like ghosts as they moved in fluorescent jackets before dawn.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
How do you learn to love a fluorescent light?
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Another project is to find ways of using the colour cast of fluorescent lighting to enhance the photograph.
Freeman, Michael Collins Complete Guide to Photography (1993)
Then there are the fluorescent jackets.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
They look white during the day, but glow fluorescent green at night.
The Sun (2011)
At a meeting without computers but with fluorescent lights, she was still in agony.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
And Germany will wear rainbow striped jackets and fluorescent orange flowery trousers.
The Sun (2014)
I saw a man in a fluorescent jacket.
The Sun (2011)
Then it was fluorescent lights.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
This is fluorescent lighting which has most of the elements of natural daylight, unlike most commercial lighting which is deficient in these.
Chaitow, Leon The Beat Fatigue Workbook - how to identify the causes (1988)
I've got loads of new fluorescent yellow and green tops.
The Sun (2014)
The freezer cabinets have small LED lighting strips rather than fluorescent bulbs and they have fully shut doors to save power.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Motorcycle groups argued that if drivers could not see a motorbike with its lights on, they were unlikely to spot a small fluorescent strip on one arm.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
I have a friend who uses hair clips in fluorescent colours (very chic).
Standen, Chris Superdog! Action plans that work for a happy and well-behaved pet (1990)
And since he could not get into regulation shirts bought off the shelf, she made them for him in his favourite colours, fluorescent lime green and yellow.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
In other languages
fluorescent
British English: fluorescent /ˌflʊəˈrɛsnt/ ADJECTIVE
A fluorescent surface or colour has a very bright appearance when light is directed onto it.
The workmen wore fluorescent jackets.
American English: fluorescent
Arabic: فلوريّ
Brazilian Portuguese: fluorescente
Chinese: 荧光的
Croatian: fluorescentan
Czech: světélkující
Danish: fluorescerende
Dutch: fluorescerend
European Spanish: fluorescente
Finnish: loiste-
French: fluorescent
German: leuchtend
Greek: φθορίζων
Italian: fluorescente
Japanese: 蛍光性の
Korean: 형광성의
Norwegian: fluorescerende
Polish: fluorescencyjny
European Portuguese: fluorescente
Romanian: fluorescent
Russian: флуоресцентный
Latin American Spanish: fluorescente
Swedish: självlysande
Thai: ไฟนีออน
Turkish: floresan
Ukrainian: флуоресцентний
Vietnamese: bằng huỳnh quang
All related terms of 'fluorescent'
fluorescent lamp
a type of lamp in which an electrical gas discharge is maintained in a tube with a thin layer of phosphor on its inside surface. The gas, which is often mercury vapour , emits ultraviolet radiation causing the phosphor to fluoresce
fluorescent light
a fluorescent lamp in domestic or commercial use; a fluorescent strip
fluorescent screen
a transparent screen coated on one side with a phosphor that fluoresces when exposed to X-rays or cathode rays
fluorescent strip
a fluorescent light in the form of a long strip
compact fluorescent lamp
A compact fluorescent lamp is a small fluorescent lamp (= a tubular light bulb coated with phosphor which produces a bright light) that has a lamp life that is much longer than incandescent lamps.
electric-discharge lamp
a type of lamp in which an electrical gas discharge is maintained in a tube with a thin layer of phosphor on its inside surface. The gas, which is often mercury vapour , emits ultraviolet radiation causing the phosphor to fluoresce