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What does fluorescence mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word fluorescence? Here's what it means.

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  1. (physics) The emission of light (or other electromagnetic radiation) by a material when stimulated by the absorption of radiation or of a subatomic particle.
  2. The light so emitted.
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Major products include Microplate washers, absorptiometers and fluorescence photometers, as well as software to control such equipment.
A fluorescence image of 12 tobacco plantlets growing on agar within a covered Perspex Petri dish.
The result of labeling was examined by measuring the fluorescence intensity of the oocyte membrane at the animal pole.
The majority of the methods are based on the fluorescence measurements or on the usage of radioactive labels for detecting matter flux.
When they walked out into the cold night, she turned to him and her face was aglow with the golden fluorescence of streetlights.
In the MCS, each excited donor can then either transfer its energy to an acceptor or emit fluorescence, according to the rules listed above.

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