fluorescent的词源

英文词源

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.

中文词源

fluorescent：发荧光的

来自19世纪英国物理学家George Stokes, 因为他首先在氟中发现这种发光现象而命名，而并非荧光一定来自于氟。-escence, 开始的，词源同adolescent.

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