| NOUN | phenomenon | phosphorescence | a fluorescence that persists after the bombarding radiation has ceased |
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| Sounds | faa.sfereh'sahns | |
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| Rhymes | abeyance ... virulence: 273 rhymes with ahns... | |
| Meaning | A fluorescence that persists after the bombarding radiation has ceased. | |
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| Broader | fluorescence | light emitted during absorption of radiation of some other (invisible) wavelength |
| Spanish | fosforescencia | |
| Catalan | fosforescència | |
| Adjectives | phosphorescent | emitting light without appreciable heat as by slow oxidation of phosphorous |
| Verbs | phosphoresce | to exhibit phosphorescence |
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