a. [f. FLUORESCE + -ENT.] Possessing the property of fluorescence. Of light: Proceeding from or having the nature of fluorescence.
1853. Prof. Stokes, in Phil. Trans., 390. In those cases in which the fluorescent light is yellow, orange, or red.
1855. Dr. Gladstone Ibid., 211. Other fluorescent Organic Substances.
1883–4. Med. Ann., 29/1. Both the acid and the alkaloid having fluorescent properties.
