Meanings
nounepifluorescence (plural epifluorescences)
plural epifluorescences
- Fluorescence produced by reflected rather than transmitted light.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁ep-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁éps
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁épi
- Proto-Hellenic*epí
- Ancient Greekἐπί (epí)
- Ancient Greekἐπῐ- (epĭ-)
- Englishepi-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰel-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰlewH-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰluH-yé-ti?
- Latinfluō
- Latinfluor
- Englishfluor
- Englishfluorite
- Middle Low Germanspar
- Old Englishspærstān
- Middle Englishsparston
- Englishsparstonebf.
- Englishspar
- Englishfluorspar
- Englishfluorescence
- Englishepifluorescence
From epi- + fluorescence.
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epifluorescence. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/epifluorescence
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“epifluorescence.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/epifluorescence. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “epifluorescence,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/epifluorescence.
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