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| Preferred Name | Fluorescence | |
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Fluorescence |
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Fluorescence is a luminescence (i.e., optical phenomenon) in cold bodies, in which a molecule absorbs a high-energy photon, and re-emits it as a lower-energy (longer-wavelength) photon. The energy difference between the absorbed and emitted photons ends up as molecular vibrations (heat). |
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http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C16586 |
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C16586
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| DEFINITION |
Fluorescence is a luminescence (i.e., optical phenomenon) in cold bodies, in which a molecule absorbs a high-energy photon, and re-emits it as a lower-energy (longer-wavelength) photon. The energy difference between the absorbed and emitted photons ends up as molecular vibrations (heat).
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Fluorescence
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Fluorescence
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Fluorescence
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Fluorescence
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Thesaurus:C16586
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Phenomenon or Process
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C0016315
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