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fluoro en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰlewH-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰluH-yé-ti? Latin fluō Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *-ōs Proto-Italic *-ōs Latin -or Latin fluorbor. English fluor Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der. Latin -ītēslbor. French -iteder. English -ite English fluorite Middle Low German sparder. Old English spærstān Middle English sparston English sparstonebf. English spar blend English fluorspar Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁sḱeti Proto-Italic *-ēskō Latin -ēscō Latin -escensder. English -escence English fluorescencebf. English fluoresce English -ent English fluor(escent) Latin ō Old French ohbor. Middle English o English O ▲ Middle English o English oh English -o English fluoro From fluor(escent) + -o.

Meanings

1. (Australia, New-Zealand) Fluorescent.
   • And yes, as he peers beyond a boulder, down in the hollow he can make out two figures in khaki moving around a fluoro orange tent. 1999, Julia Leigh, The Hunter, Faber & Faber 2012, p. 150

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Relateds

bromofluoromethane · chlorotetrafluorosilicate · perfluoro · bromochlorofluoroiodomethane · octafluoro · hexafluoro · trifluoroiodomethane · dibromodifluoromethane · fluoro acid air · dichlorodifluorosilane · hexafluorodisilane · tetrafluoro · bromodifluoromethane · polyfluoro · tetrafluoroethylene · hydrofluoroolefin · difluoro · fluoroboric

fluoro en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰlewH-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰluH-yé-ti? Latin fluō Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *-ōs Proto-Italic *-ōs Latin -or Latin fluorbor. English fluor Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der. Latin -ītēslbor. French -iteder. English -ite English fluorite Middle Low German sparder. Old English spærstān Middle English sparston English sparstonebf. English spar blend English fluorspar Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁sḱeti Proto-Italic *-ēskō Latin -ēscō Latin -escensder. English -escence English fluorescencebf. English fluoresce English -ent English fluor(escent) Latin ō Old French ohbor. Middle English o English O ▲ Middle English o English oh English -o English fluoro From fluor(escent) + -o.

Meanings

1. (Australia, colloquial) A fluorescent light.
   • About one in 20 epilepsy sufferers are sensitive to flashing lights, which can include strobe lighting or flickering fluoros[…]. 2009 January 25, Dr Cindy Pan, “Living with epilepsy”, in Herald Sun:
   • She held her grey felt hat in her hand, slapping the flat brim lightly against her leg as she walked, her tinted hair gleaming under the fluoros. 2002, Alex Miller, Journey to the Stone Country, Allen & Unwin, published 2003, page 27:

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