fluorescent

Plural: fluorescents

Noun

• a lighting fixture that uses a fluorescent lamp
• A fluorescent light.

Adjective Satellite

• emitting light during exposure to radiation from an external source
• brilliantly colored and apparently giving off light
  • "fluorescent colors"

Adj

• Of or relating to fluorescence.
• Exhibiting or produced by fluorescence.
• Emitting visible light as a result of the excitation of phosphors by ultraviolet photons produced by the passage of an electrical current through an inert gas infused with mercury.
• Vivid, as if fluorescing; neon.

Examples

• Her shirt was fluorescent orange.
• The fluorescent plants shimmered in the darkness.
• The fluorescents hummed day and night.
• The quality of fluorescent lighting technology has improved dramatically in recent years.

Synonyms

fluorescent fixture

Related Words

fluorophore, incandescent, iridescent, luminescent

Anagrams of fluorescent