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fluorescent (adj.)
1853 (Stokes), from
fluor-
(see
fluoro-
) +
-escent
(see
fluorescence
). The electric
fluorescent lamp
was invented by Edison in 1896, but such lights were rare in homes before improved bulbs became available in the mid-1930s.
