Fluorescence vs. Bioluminescence — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Fluorescence and Bioluminescence
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Fluorescence
Fluorescence is the emission of light by a substance that has absorbed light or other electromagnetic radiation. It is a form of luminescence.
Bioluminescence
Bioluminescence is the production and emission of light by a living organism. It is a form of chemiluminescence.
Fluorescence
The emission of electromagnetic radiation, especially of visible light, stimulated in a substance by the absorption of incident radiation and persisting only as long as the stimulating radiation is continued.
Bioluminescence
The emission of visible light by certain living organisms, such as the firefly and various fish, marine invertebrates, fungi, and bacteria. Bioluminescence is caused by chemical reactions.
Fluorescence
The property of emitting such radiation.
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Bioluminescence
The emission of light by a living organism (such as a firefly).
Fluorescence
The radiation so emitted.
Bioluminescence
A type of luminescence produced by biological or biochemical processes, such as a glowworm glow or the action of luciferase on luciferin. A well-known example is that of firefly luminescence. See also luciferin.
Fluorescence
(physics) The emission of light (or other electromagnetic radiation) by a material when stimulated by the absorption of radiation or of a subatomic particle.
Bioluminescence
Luminescence produced by physiological processes (as in the firefly)
Fluorescence
The light so emitted.
Fluorescence
A luminescence emitted by certain substances due to the absorption of radiation at one wavelength, and the almost instantaneous re-emission of radiation at another, usually longer wavelength. The re-radiation stops almost as soon as the incident radiation is halted, thus distinguishing this phenomenon from phosphorescence, in which re-radiation of light may continue for some time after the incident radiation is halted.
Fluorescence
Light emitted during absorption of radiation of some other (invisible) wavelength
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