Phosphorescence

Quick meaning: Phosphorescence is a noun meaning The emission of light without any perceptible heat; the quality of being phosphorescent.

Meaning

The emission of light without any perceptible heat; the quality of being phosphorescent.

Example Sentences

We saw a round red sun rise over the City, paint the glassy towers with phosphorescence and, as it brightened and lost its shape, sprinkle across the sky feathers of pink and lilac.

Mr. Nott proceeded to say that "since the discovery of Photography, there is, perhaps, no branch of electrical physics more interest­ing than that which comprehends the pheno­mena of phosphorescence."

Word Forms

• phosphorescences

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include output, hyperfluorescence, transluminescence, sonorescence, luminousness, glowiness.

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