florescent
- a word derived from florescence.
Example Sentences
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A typical fluorescence microscope uses florescent molecules as light bulbs to highlight certain aspects of a biological target.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 26, 2024
Since then, he focused on sculptural works made with florescent tubes wrapped in colored gels and installed vertically side by side in ordinary electrical fixtures — but without any wiring.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2023
Dave Bayley, the quartet’s songwriter, singer and producer, spent long hours next to his friend in the hospital, the future uncertain under the harsh florescent lights.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 3, 2022
At the border of the lawn stood a hedgerow of scarlet-blossomed fuchsia trees reminiscent of the florescent bougainvillea on her family’s terrace in Cairo, where she lived until she was 15.
From New York Times ● Nov. 1, 2021
He made a far more florescent speech than that earlier one, it compared with it as the nuptial champagne with Miller's bottled beer.
From Cinderella in the South Twenty-Five South African Tales by Cripps, Arthur Shearly