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fluorescent
What does fluorescent mean?
fluorescent (adjective): brilliantly colored and apparently giving off light.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use fluorescent in a sentence?
- Fluorescent colors. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce fluorescent?
/flɔˈɹɛsənt/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does fluorescent come from?
From fluoresce + -ent.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “fluorescent” mean?
showing intellectual penetration or emotional depth
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causing or tending to cause things to slip or slide
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brilliantly colored and apparently giving off light
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marking the beginning of an operation, venture, etc
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