fluoresce

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Meaning

exhibit or undergo fluorescence

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A 2008 study reported that ripe bananas fluoresce when exposed to ultraviolet light. Source: Internet

Also called Concha Nácar, the pearls from these rainbow lipped oysters fluoresce red under ultraviolet light. Source: Internet

Enough francium is trapped that a video camera can capture the light given off by the atoms as they fluoresce. Source: Internet

Many types of calcite and amber will fluoresce under shortwave UV, longwave UV and visible light. Source: Internet

Even materials not specially marked with UV sensitive dyes may have distinctive fluorescence under UV light, or may fluoresce differently under short-wave versus long-wave ultraviolet. Source: Internet

ISBN 0495012017 Molecules that are excited through light absorption or via a different process (e.g. as the product of a reaction) can transfer energy to a second 'sensitized' molecule, which is converted to its excited state and can then fluoresce. Source: Internet

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