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Word entry · 12 letters

fluorescence

Best crossword clue

"Glow under radiation"

12 letters · collected on this word page

12 lettersPronunciation /flʊˈɹɛsəns/Part of speech nounSorted cceeeflnorsuStarts with FEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
1F2L3U4O5R6E7S8C9E10N11C12E

Definitions

  1. Light emitted after absorbing radiation.

Word origin

Coined by British physicist George Stokes in 1852 from fluorspar + -escence. Morphologically fluoresce + -ence.

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