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fluorescent

[floo-res-uhnt, flaw-, floh-] / flʊˈrɛs ənt, flɔ-, floʊ- /


ADJECTIVE
illuminating
Synonyms


ADJECTIVE
luminescent
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK


Example Sentences

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One fluorescent dancing man is a party, but a room full of them grows tedious.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Instead of removing fluorescence with a laser, they activated fluorescent molecules at a single point and tracked their movement.

From Science Daily • Apr. 1, 2026

The most extreme test phrases were almost total "nonsense", such as "Goetterdaemmerung's corpus haemorrhaged through cryptographic hash, eschaton pooling in existential void beneath fluorescent hum. Photons whispering prayers" -- which it rated highly.

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

Somewhere between page 39 and the fluorescent lights of that thrift store, I realized what I actually wanted to make wasn’t a better “unfried chicken.”

From Salon • Feb. 24, 2026

It was a red brick building with skylights in the high ceiling, so that whatever sun made it in lit up the dusty beams and long fluorescent light fixtures suspended from them.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago