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Definition: Fluoresce |
FluoresceVerb1. Exhibit fluorescence. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Crosswords: Fluoresce |
| Specialty definitions using "fluoresce": Cytophotometry ♦ hague, Hague cataract lamp ♦ liquid scintillation counting. (references) |
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 | Purified DNA, fluorescing orange under UV light, is extracted and used for molecular biology studies. The purified DNA, in a cesium chloride gradient, binds to the ethidium bromide dye which absorbs UV light and makes the DNA fluoresce orange. This visualization of a single band of DNA aids in the isolation and extraction of the DNA for future molecular biology studies. Credit: Mike Mitchell (photographer). |  | T. pallidum bacteria, if present, will fluoresce when viewed with Direct Fluorescent Antibody stain (DFA) in the presence of Fluorescent Treponemal Antibodies (FTA) bound to the bacterium’s cell wall. Credit: CDC. |
 | A blood test can detect the presence of antibodies produces by an infected patient by binding chemicals to the antibodies that fluoresce green under UV light. Credit: CDC. |  | Using this staining technique, fluorescent dye is attached to the known antibodies that correspond to the suspected antigen. These antibodies will in turn attach to the antigen molecules, if present, and fluoresce when viewed with a fluorescent light. Credit: CDC. |
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| "Fluoresce" is generally used as a lexical verb (base form) -- approximately 87.50% of the time. "Fluoresce" is used about 8 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 87.5% | 7 | 133,076 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 12.5% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 8 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
fluoresce | 4 |
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| Language | Translations for "fluoresce"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | lëshon dritë, është fluoreshent. (various references) | |
Chinese | 发萤光. (various references) | |
German | fluoreszieren (be luminous). (various references) | |
Hungarian | fluoreszkál (to fluoresce). (various references) | |
Manx | jannoo stroo-hoilshey. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | uoresceflay.(various references) | |
Swedish | fluorescera. (various references) | |
Thai | เรืองแสง. (various references) | |
Turkish | floresan ışığı yaymak, flüorışı elde etmek. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "fluoresce": fluoresced, fluorescein, fluoresceins, fluorescence, fluorescences, fluorescent, fluorescents, fluorescer, fluorescers, fluoresces. (additional references) | |
Words containing "fluoresce": immunofluorescence, immunofluorescences, immunofluorescent, nonfluorescent. (additional references) | |
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"Fluoresce" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: flouresce, fluores, fluoresc. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "fluoresce" (pronounced fluh're"s or flô're"s) |
| 3 | -r e" s | aggress, cress, depress, digress, distress, dress, egress, ers, express, impress, oppress, press, redress, repress, stress, suppress, transgress, tress, undress. |
| 3 | -r e" s | aggress, cress, depress, digress, distress, dress, egress, ers, express, impress, oppress, press, redress, repress, stress, suppress, transgress, tress, undress. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-e-f-l-o-r-s-u" | |
-2 letters: closure, colures, coulees, creoles, ferules, focuser, fuelers, ourself, recluse, refocus, refuels. | |
-3 letters: ceorls, cereus, cerous, ceruse, closer, clours, coleus, colure, coulee, course, creels, creole, cresol, crouse, ferule, fescue, fleers, flours, fluors, forces, fouler, fresco, fucose, fueler, lucres, oscule, recuse, refels, refuel, refuse, rescue, resole, secure, source, ulcers. | |
-4 letters: ceorl, ceres, ceros, clefs, close. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-e-f-l-o-r-s-u" | |
+1 letter: fluoresced, fluorescer, fluoresces. | |
+2 letters: fluorescein, fluorescent, fluorescers, foreclosure, resourceful. | |
+3 letters: fluoresceins, fluorescence, fluorescents, forcefulness, foreclosures. | |
+4 letters: fluorescences, nickeliferous, resourcefully. | |
+5 letters: cauliflowerets, colorfulnesses, forcefulnesses, nonfluorescent, scornfulnesses. | |
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