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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
fluorescent/flɔːˈresnt/

▶adjective

1 having or showing fluorescence.
■ (of lighting) based on fluorescence from a phosphor illuminated by ultraviolet light from mercury vapour inside a glass tube.

2 vividly colourful.

– derivatives
fluorescently adverb.

'fluorescent' also found in these Oxford entries:

autunite - cathode ray tube - Day-Glo - eosin - fluorescent screen - fluoroscope - highlighter - label - neon - optical brightener - penetrant - phosphor - scheelite - strip light

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