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English

fluoresces

verb

Meaning

  1. To emit electromagnetic radiation, especially visible light, when absorbing radiation of some other wavelength.
  2. Of colours, to be very bright; to be so bright as to appear to radiate as a light source.

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data