Meanings
nounmacrofluorescence (uncountable)
- uncountableRelatively large-scale fluorescence
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*meh₂ḱ-
- Proto-Indo-European*mh₂ḱrós
- Proto-Hellenic*makrós
- Ancient Greekμᾰκρός (măkrós)
- Frenchmacro-
- Englishmacro-
- 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
- Englishmacrofluorescence
From macro- + fluorescence.
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APA
macrofluorescence. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/macrofluorescence
MLA
“macrofluorescence.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/macrofluorescence. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “macrofluorescence,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/macrofluorescence.
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