Nonfluorescent
[floo-res-uh nt, flaw-, floh-] /flʊˈrɛs ənt, flɔ-, floʊ-/
adjective
1.
possessing the property of ; exhibiting .
2.
strikingly bright, vivid, or glowing:
plastic toys in fluorescent colors.
noun
3.
a lighting fixture that utilizes a .
/ˌflʊəˈrɛsənt/
adjective
1.
exhibiting or having the property of fluorescence
adj.
1853, from fluor- + -escent (see fluorescence). The fluorescent electric lamp patent was applied for in 1896 by U.S. inventor Thomas A. Edison, but such lights were rare before 1938.
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