"fluoresce" meaning in All languages combined

See fluoresce on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

IPA: /fləˈɹɛs/, /flʊəˈɹɛs/, /flɔˈɹɛs/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-fluoresce.wav [Southern-England] Forms: fluoresces [present, singular, third-person], fluorescing [participle, present], fluoresced [participle, past], fluoresced [past]
Rhymes: -ɛs Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰlewH-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰluH-yé-ti? Latin fluō Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *-ōs Proto-Italic *-ōs Latin -or Latin fluorbor. English fluor Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der. Latin -ītēslbor. French -iteder. English -ite English fluorite Middle Low German sparder. Old English spærstān Middle English sparston English sparstonebf. English spar blend English fluorspar Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁sḱeti Proto-Italic *-ēskō Latin -ēscō Latin -escensder. English -escence English fluorescencebf. English fluoresce Back-formation from fluorescence. Etymology templates: {{etymon|en|:bf|fluorescence|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰlewH-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰluH-yé-ti? 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Head templates: {{en-verb}} fluoresce (third-person singular simple present fluoresces, present participle fluorescing, simple past and past participle fluoresced)
  1. (intransitive, physics) To emit electromagnetic radiation, especially visible light, when absorbing radiation of some other wavelength. Tags: intransitive Translations (to emit light): fluoreski (Esperanto), fluoreszieren (German), fluorescer (Portuguese), флуоресци́ровать (fluorescírovatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), fluorescera (Swedish)
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  2. (transitive, physics) To cause to fluoresce; to make fluorescent. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-fluoresce-en-verb-pRQI8VxZ Categories (other): Physics, English back-formations, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English back-formations: 37 41 23 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 29 46 26 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 29 46 26 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 28 46 26 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 51 21 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 23 55 22 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 22 57 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 28 56 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 19 62 19 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 17 68 15 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 15 71 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 17 66 17 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 17 65 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 19 62 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 17 66 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 17 65 18 Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
  3. (intransitive) Of colours, to be very bright; to be so bright as to appear to radiate as a light source. Tags: intransitive
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: autofluoresce, autofluorescing, biofluoresce, fluorescamine, fluorescein, fluorescin Related terms: fluorescence, fluorescent, fluorescer, fluorescently, calesce, recalesce

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      "word": "fluoreszieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "to emit light",
      "word": "fluorescer"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "fluorescírovatʹ",
      "sense": "to emit light",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "флуоресци́ровать"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "to emit light",
      "word": "fluorescera"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fluoresce"
}

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