AUTOFLUORESCENCE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Self-induced fluorescence

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Hypernyms ("autofluorescence" is a kind of...):

fluorescence (light emitted during absorption of radiation of some other (invisible) wavelength)

Derivation:

autofluorescent (emitting light via self-induced fluorescence)

Credits