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fluoresce
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fluo·resce  (fl-rs, flô-, fl-)
intr.v. fluo·resced, fluo·resc·ing, fluo·resc·es
To undergo, produce, or show fluorescence.

[Back-formation from fluorescence.]

fluo·rescer n.

fluoresce [ˌflʊəˈrɛs]
vb
(intr) to exhibit fluorescence
[back formation from fluorescence]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.fluoresce - exhibit or undergo fluorescence
glow - emit a steady even light without flames; "The fireflies were glowing and flying about in the garden"
scintillate - physics: fluoresce momentarily when struck by a charged particle or high-energy photon; "the phosphor fluoresced"


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Once those strandlike molecules had coated the carbon, the dots fluoresced when activated by colored lights, the researchers report in an upcoming Journal of the American Chemical Society.
Purplish photos and glass vials of water documented the sole performance of Ignisfatuus, 1996-2000, that took place in a Baltimore garden: Arterial casts of a brain, heart, and lungs fluoresced to Ponselle's recorded voice according to the lunar cycle and a system of light sensors, microswitches, and peristaltic pumps.
Taylor fluoresced as though she were some ultraviolet daylily, her limbs reaching like willowy stamens toward the sun.
 
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