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AUTOFLUORESCENCE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does autofluorescence mean?
• AUTOFLUORESCENCE (noun)
The noun AUTOFLUORESCENCE has 1 sense:
1. self-induced fluorescence
Familiarity information: AUTOFLUORESCENCE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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)
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