fluorescence

1. 1.

   light emitted during absorption of radiation of some other (invisible) wavelength

   Broaderlight

   Narrowerautofluorescencephosphorescence

Other forms of fluorescence

plural

fluorescences·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about fluorescence

What does fluorescence mean?

fluorescence means "light emitted during absorption of radiation of some other (invisible) wavelength".

How many syllables are in fluorescence?

fluorescence has 3 syllables: fluor-es-cence. The stress falls on "es". In IPA it is /ˌflʊˈɹɛsəns/.

Is fluorescence a common word?

fluorescence is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.