microfluorescence

noun

fluorescence from very small areas of a sample; used especially to analyze surface contaminants

OriginEnglish fluorescence ← Middle English sparston ← Old English spærstān →
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Meanings

nounmicrofluorescence (uncountable)
  1. uncountablefluorescence from very small areas of a sample; used especially to analyze surface contaminants

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*mey-der.?
  2. Ancient Greekμῑκρός (mīkrós)
  3. Ancient Greekμῑκρο- (mīkro-)
  4. Englishmicro-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*bʰel-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*bʰlewH-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*bʰluH-yé-ti?
  8. Latinfluō
  9. Latinfluor
  10. Englishfluor
  11. Englishfluorite
  12. Middle Low Germanspar
  13. Old Englishspærstān
  14. Middle Englishsparston
  15. Englishsparstonebf.
  16. Englishspar
  17. Englishfluorspar
  18. Englishfluorescence
  19. Englishmicrofluorescence

From micro- + fluorescence.

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APA

microfluorescence. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microfluorescence

MLA

“microfluorescence.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microfluorescence. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “microfluorescence,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microfluorescence.

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