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transfluorescence

transfluorescence noun: fluorescence of a material when the source of stimulating radiation is behind the object, from the point of view of the observer.

Noun

transfluorescence (uncountable)

  1. (microscopy) Fluorescence of a material when the source of stimulating radiation is behind the object, from the point of view of the observer.
    • For example, in contrast to transfluorescence microscopes, the intensity of illumination and consequently the amount of excitation energy increases as a function of increasing magnification.1990, Linda J. Goff, Annette W. Coleman, chapter 3, in Kathleen M. Cole, Robert G. Sheath, editors, Biology of the Red Algae, page 45
    • Likewise in fluorescence applications, an epifluorescence configuration is normally chosen over transfluorescence.1999, Andrew Bullen, Peter Saggau, “Optical Recording from Individual Neurons in Culture”, in Uwe Windhorst, Håkan Johansson, editors, Modern Techniques in Neuroscience Research, page 98

Antonyms of transfluorescence

Origin of transfluorescence

From trans- + fluorescence.

Questions about transfluorescence

What does transfluorescence mean?
Transfluorescence means fluorescence of a material when the source of stimulating radiation is behind the object, from the point of view of the observer.
What part of speech is transfluorescence?
Transfluorescence is a noun.

Words near transfluorescence in the dictionary

  1. transflexion
  2. transflexions
  3. transfluence
  4. transfluences
  5. transfluent
  6. transfluorescence
  7. transfluthrin
  8. transfluvial
  9. transflux
  10. transfluxes
  11. transfolk

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