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How to spell fluorescent

Fluorescent is spelled F-L-U-O-R-E-S-C-E-N-T.

What it means: A type of bright lighting used in many settings.

In a sentence: The fluorescent lights made the classroom bright. ▶

The part people get wrong

Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to hear.

Same family: fluorescence, fluorescent light, fluorescent lamp, fluorescent bulb, fluoresce. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: Fluorescent comes from the word fluorescence, which was named after the mineral fluorite, a crystal that glows under ultraviolet light. The modern fluorescent light was developed in the 20th century to produce bright light using less electricity than traditional bulbs.

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