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fluorescent

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


ADJECTIVE
illuminating
Synonyms


ADJECTIVE
luminescent
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK


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Picture an abandoned, windowless yellow room with garish fluorescent lights.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 6, 2026

To build the body maps, researchers first tagged nerves and immune cells in mice using fluorescent markers that glow under a microscope.

From Science Daily May 23, 2026

Exhaustion was setting in, but the deodorant I’d packed needed to be replaced, so I found myself roaming the body care aisles, wincing under the fluorescent lights as my patience rapidly grew thinner.

From Salon May 22, 2026

In the nine-minute short, a young cameraman falls into what appears to be an empty furniture store with an eerie atmosphere: a seemingly endless series of rooms covered in yellow wallpaper and buzzing fluorescent lights.

From Los Angeles Times May 14, 2026

The fluorescent lights of the room are off.

From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga




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