superfluorescence

noun

fluorescence as a result of spontaneous correlation of excited atomic states

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

nounsuperfluorescence (plural superfluorescences)

plural superfluorescences

  1. natural sciencesfluorescence as a result of spontaneous correlation of excited atomic states

    In this approach, a source of parametric superfluorescence (an OPG with optical gain of 10 10 to 10 12 ) provides the seed pulse (energy 10 to 100 nJ) for subsequent parametric amplification (with an OPG with optical gain of 10 3 to 10 5 ).

    1999 November 19, Malcolm H. Dunn, Majid Ebrahimzadeh, “Parametric Generation of Tunable Light from Continuous-Wave to Femtosecond Pulses”, in Science, volume 286, number 5444, →DOI, pages 1513–1517

Origin

  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. Englishsuperfluorescence

From super- + fluorescence.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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