fluoro

noun, adj — 2 senses

fluoro

noun

Etymology From fluor(escent) + -o.

1

Australia, Colloquial A fluorescent light.

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:
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:

fluoro

adj

Etymology From fluor(escent) + -o.

1

Australia 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

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

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