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phosphorescence

[ US /ˌfɑsfɝˈɛsəns/ ]
[ UK /fˌɒsfəɹˈɛsəns/ ]
NOUN
  1. a fluorescence that persists after the bombarding radiation has ceased

How To Use phosphorescence In A Sentence

  • He would watch for the telltale disturbance of phosphorescence in the water which meant the fish were rising on the ebb tide.
  • As the outer doors slid shut, the blue light of phosphorescence brightened in the cavern. A TIME OF WAR
  • The source of other light in the cavern appeared to Kirk to be coming from irregular funguslike splotches of glowing yellow and green phosphorescence on the cavern’s rocky surfaces. Captain’s Peril
  • Like Helio, Garun held out his hands, and a phosphorescence appeared between them. WATER BOOK ONE: ASCENSION
  • Europa achieves ecstatic permanence in phosphorescence, which originates only due to light from another source, just as myth propagates itself: by tapping into innate human eros.
  • It was the yellow Gulf weed that had made so much phosphorescence in the night.
  • Another boat chugged past and at that moment our world exploded in hissing silvery blue, the sea whisking and shining in a turmoil of a bustle of fish and phosphorescence, like coins gleaming in a dark, still pool.
  • The so-called phosphorescence of most inorganic bodies is one of a totally different nature from that exhibited in organic forms. Young Folks' Library, Volume XI (of 20) Wonders of Earth, Sea and Sky
  • A large cavern, lit only by the faintest glimmer of phosphorescence, was exposed, a vast lake in the centre.
  • = -- While the luminosity possessed by certain fungi cannot be said to be of distinct utility, their phosphorescence is a noteworthy phenomenon. Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc.
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