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Fluorescence

noun
1.
Light emitted during absorption of radiation of some other (invisible) wavelength.



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... Fluorescence. The property of converting ether waves of one length, sometimes of invisible length, into waves of another length (visible). AEsculin, quinine salts, uranium glass and other substances exhibit this phenomenon. ...
— The Standard Electrical Dictionary - A Popular Dictionary of Words and Terms Used in the Practice - of Electrical Engineering • T. O'Conor Slone
... exhausted to a fairly high degree—what the electric companies would call "not bad"—he obtained a beautiful steaked effect of bluish striae in transverse layers. Finally, in a tube exhausted as highly as possible, he obtained a faint fluorescent glow, like that produced in a Crookes tube. This fluorescence of the glass, according to Dr. Robb, invariably accompanies the discharge of Roentgen rays, and it is likely that these rays are produced more abundantly as the fluorescence increases. Just how perfect a vacuum is needed ...
— McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 5, April, 1896 • Various


Words linked to "Fluorescence" :   fluorescent, fluoresce, visible light, phosphorescence, visible radiation, light


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