英语词汇fluorescent的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	fluorescent
词源	fluorescent adj. 1853 (Stokes), from fluor- (see fluoro-) + -escent. Also see fluorescence. The electric fluorescent lamp was invented by Edison in 1896, but such lights were rare in homes before improved bulbs became available in the mid-1930s. Entries linking to fluorescent fluoro- before vowels fluor-, combining form of fluorine; also see fluorescence. -escent word-forming element meaning "beginning, becoming, tending to be," from Latin -escentem (nominative -escens), ending of present participles of verbs in -escere. fluorescence n. 1852, "property of glowing in ultraviolet light," coined by English mathematician and physicist Sir George G. Stokes (1819-1903) from fluorspar (see fluorine), because in it he first noticed the phenomenon, + -escence, on analogy of phosphorescence. updated on May 04, 2017
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fluorescent adj.