See Also: Uniparous(medicine)
uniparous(dictionary)

fluorescence (iou) and uniparous (iou)


fluorescence (iou)



fluorescence noun. M19.
[from FLUORSPAR (which exhibits this property) + -ESCENCE.]
Electromagnetic radiation emitted by certain substances when they are subject to incident radiation (esp. violet or ultraviolet light or X-rays), electrons, or Other particles; the property of absorbing light of short (freq. invisible) wavelength and emitting light of longer (visible) wavelength. Cf. PHOSPHORESCENCE.

uniparous (iou)



uniparous adjective. M17.
[from mod. Latin uniparus: see UNI-, -PAROUS.]
Zoology. Pertaining to or characterized by giving birth to only one young at a single birth. M17.
Botany. Of a cyme: developing only one lateral branch at each node; monochasial. M19.