fluorescent vs smouldering

fluorescent

adj
  • Glowing as if with fluorescence; vivid 

  • Of or relating to fluorescence. 

  • Emitting visible light as a result of the excitation of phosphors by ultraviolet photons produced by the passage of an electrical current through an inert gas infused with mercury. 

  • Exhibiting or produced by fluorescence. 

noun
  • A fluorescent light. 

smouldering

adj
  • Burning slowly, producing smoke but no flame. 

noun
  • The act by which something smoulders; residual heat. 

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