Etymology

superfluorescence

Today it means: fluorescence as a result of spontaneous correlation of excited atomic states Full definition →

English fluorescence ← Middle English sparston ← Old English spærstān
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Italic*super
  4. Latinsuper
  5. Latinsuper-
  6. Englishsuper-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*bʰel-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*bʰlewH-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*bʰluH-yé-ti?
  10. Latinfluō
  11. Latinfluor
  12. Englishfluor
  13. Englishfluorite
  14. Middle Low Germanspar
  15. Old Englishspærstān
  16. Middle Englishsparston
  17. Englishsparstonebf.
  18. Englishspar
  19. Englishfluorspar
  20. Englishfluorescence
  21. English todaysuperfluorescence

From super- + fluorescence.

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