Phosphorescent Definition

adjective

Having the property of emitting light for a period of time after the source of excitation is taken away, e.g., in electrostatic storage tubes and cathode-ray tubes.

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noun

A phosphorescent substance.

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Noun

Singular:
phosphorescent
Plural:
phosphorescents

Origin of Phosphorescent

  • From phosphorus + -escent. It's interesting to note that technically phosphorus is not phosphorescent. Phosphorus is luminescent, it gives off light from a chemical reaction, as opposed to re-emission of absorbed energy (phosphorescence). (Reference: John Emsley, The Shocking History of Phosphorus, ISBN 0-330-39005-8.)

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Phosphorescent Sentence Examples

  • Some diamonds are more phosphorescent than others, and different faces of a crystal may display different tints.

  • It becomes phosphorescent on trituration.

  • It's called the magic lake, because of the phosphorescent algae that cause it to glow at night.

  • The fish's bright, phosphorescent stripes were a mystery even to the biologists.

  • The infra-red requires special appliances; it has been examined visually by the help of phosphorescent plates (Becquerel), and with special photographic plates (Abney); but the most efficient way is to use the bolometer or radiomicrometer; by this means some 500 or 600 lines have been mapped.

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