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florescence

act, state, or period of flowering; bloom

Not to be confused with:

fluorescence – the emission of radiation during exposure to light or X rays

flo·res·cence

(flô-rĕs′əns, flə-)

1. A condition or time of flowering.

2. A condition or period of great vigor. See Synonyms at bloom¹.

[New Latin flōrēscentia, from Latin flōrēscēns, flōrēscent-, present participle of flōrēscere, inchoative of flōrēre, to flower, bloom; see flourish.]

flo·res′cent adj.

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florescence

(flɔːˈrɛsəns)

(Botany) the process, state, or period of flowering

[C18: from New Latin flōrēscentia, from Latin flōrēscere to come into flower]

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flo•res•cence

(flɔˈrɛs əns, floʊ-, flə-)

n.

the act, state, or period of flowering; bloom.

[1785–95; < Latin flōrēsc(ēns), derivative of flōs flower]

flo•res′cent, adj.

florescence

1. the state or condition of being in flower or blooming
2. the period during which this occurs.
3. a period of great development. — florescent, adj.

florescence

noun

A condition or time of vigor and freshness:

bloom, blossom, efflorescence, flower, flush, prime.

Translations

Blüte

fioritura

florescence

[fləˈresns] N → florescencia f

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florescence

n → Blüte f

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But, all the same, it is no mean rival to the quieter process of vegetable florescence. Whether or not there is a generous motive at the root, a desire to share and impart, or whether the animation is purely that of insensate fervor and friction, the effect, while it lasts, certainly encourages those who are young, and those who are ignorant, to think the world one great bazaar, with banners fluttering and divans heaped with spoils from every quarter of the globe for their delight.

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In the present work, using the femtosecond time-resolved fluorescence, we showed that, in the presence of crowding agents in concentration of 400 mg/mL, the florescence lifetime of ThT increases about an order of magnitude.

Photophysical Properties of Fluorescent Probe Thioflavin T in Crowded Milieu

The Florescence Explorer, or FLEX for short, is a candidate for ESA's eighth Earth Explorer.