fluorescent

fluorescente

Si dice di luci elettriche che producono luce usando gas in un tubo e un rivestimento speciale.

In inglese semplice: Describing electric lights that produce light using gas inside a tube and a special coating.

• The room has fluorescent lights.
• A fluorescent tube flickered above the desk.
• They replaced the old fluorescent lighting in the office.

Espressioni comuni: fluorescent light, fluorescent tube, fluorescent lighting

fluo, fluorescente

Di un colore così intenso e brillante da sembrare quasi luminoso.

In inglese semplice: Having a very bright color that looks almost as if it gives out light.

• She wore fluorescent pink shoes.
• Workers in fluorescent jackets stood beside the road.
• He highlighted the date with a fluorescent yellow marker.

Sinonimi: neon, bright, vivid

Contrari: dull

Espressioni comuni: fluorescent pink, fluorescent jacket, fluorescent colors

fluorescente

Che emette luce quando la assorbe, oppure riferito alla luce prodotta in questo modo.

In inglese semplice: Giving out light after taking in light, or describing the light produced this way.

• The dye is fluorescent.
• These fluorescent minerals glow under ultraviolet light.
• Scientists marked the cells with a fluorescent protein.

Sinonimi: fluorescing

Espressioni comuni: fluorescent dye, fluorescent protein, fluorescent minerals

fluorescente

Relativo al processo in cui una sostanza assorbe luce ed emette luce di un altro colore.

In inglese semplice: Related to the process in which a material takes in light and gives out light of another color.

• The lab uses fluorescent imaging.
• Fluorescent analysis helped the researchers locate the protein.
• They compared two fluorescent detection methods.

Espressioni comuni: fluorescent imaging, fluorescent analysis, fluorescent detection

lampada fluorescente, neon

Lampada elettrica, solitamente a tubo, che produce luce usando gas e un rivestimento speciale.

In inglese semplice: An electric light, usually a tube, that uses gas and a special coating to produce light.

• A fluorescent hummed overhead.
• They replaced the fluorescents in the kitchen.
• One of the old fluorescents kept flickering.

Sinonimi: fluorescent light, strip light

Espressioni comuni: overhead fluorescent, replace a fluorescent, flickering fluorescent