fluorescing, ppl. a.
(fluːəˈrɛsɪŋ)
[f. fluoresce v. + -ing2.]
That fluoresces, fluorescent; that causes fluorescence.
| 1896 Westm. Gaz. 27 May 6/3 Mr. Edison by coating the interior surface of a Crookes' tube with crystals of a new fluorescing substance has succeeded in causing the X rays to change to light. 1924 Discovery June 97/2 A fluorescing screen. 1957 Technology July 168/4 Fluorescing agents, some of which, added to detergents, tend to intensify the colours..of cellulose fabrics such as cotton. 1966 McGraw-Hill Encycl. Sci. & Technol. V. 350/2 At very low fluorescent intensities, the intensity is almost directly proportional to the concentration of the fluorescing material. |