fluorosphere etymology

English word fluorosphere comes from English sphere, English fluoro- (Fluorescent. Fluorine.)

Detailed word origin of fluorosphere

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
sphere English (eng) (astronomy, now, _, rare) The apparent outer limit of space; the edge of the heavens, imagined as a hollow globe within which celestial bodies appear to be embedded. [from 14th c.]. (figuratively) The region in which something or someone is active; one's province, domain. [from 17th c.]. (geometry) The set of all points in three-dimensional Euclidean space (or n-dimensional space, in [...]
fluoro- English (eng) Fluorescent. Fluorine.
fluorosphere English (eng) A fluorescent microsphere.

Words with the same origin as fluorosphere

Descendants of sphere
hyperspherical neurospheric sphaerolite sphericity spherization spheroid sphery
Descendants of fluoro-
dichlorofluoromethane difluoromethane fluoric fluorobenzene fluorobenzyl fluorocitrate fluorodesulfurization fluorodifen fluorogenic fluorogram fluoroorotic fluorophore fluorophosphate fluorophotometry fluoroprobe fluoropyrrole fluoroscopically fluorosilicic fluorosulfite fluorothymidine fluorotype hydrofluoric pentafluoroethane trichlorofluoromethane