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UK
/fˌɒsfəɹˈɛsənt/
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ADJECTIVE
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emitting light without appreciable heat as by slow oxidation of phosphorous
the phosphorescent glow of decaying wood
How To Use phosphorescent In A Sentence
- I sit in that eerie phosphorescent tubal glow and lounge becalmed, thinking about the microwave emissions being bombarded into outer space like a gazillion ambassadors of tacky schlock.
- She had a cold and a smear of phosphorescent snot lay on her upper lip, a hapless, inoffensive leak that I was responsible for. THREE KINDS OF KISSING - SCOTTISH SHORT STORIES
- - to call the phosphorescent-Slurpee spill of paint on our Genesis coupe: Lime Rock Green. Automotive News Blog at CARandDRIVER.com - Car News Resource
- The shotgun blast was followed by a sharp percussive explosion as the entire hillside lit up in a white phosphorescent glare.
- All barites that fluoresce are phosphorescent for variable lengths of time after extended ultraviolet radiation exposure.
- fluorspar" in the ore, phosphorus and other substances absorb light, the issue will be in the dark fluorescent or phosphorescent, the ancients that mysterious, known as "Night Pearl. All Kinds of Rocks, Fossils & Minerals
- When a nerve impulse raced from the mystery organ to the brain, a green phosphorescent wave trace swept across our oscilloscope screen and a loud crack resounded from a speaker.
- The only light, a sickly blue glow, oozed from phosphorescent mosses and fungi, gathered into baskets and hung from iron pegs in the wall. A TIME OF WAR
- Wherever it is rubbed, in the dark, on a door, or on a wall, it leaves a luminous trail of a very peculiar appearance, which has been called phosphorescent, from the name of the substance which produces it. The History of a Mouthful of Bread And its effect on the organization of men and animals
- Waves came in as phosphorescent ripples, collapsing on to the beach and running up to merge into the sand. THE COMPANY OF STRANGERS