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PHOSPHORESCENT
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Emitting light without appreciable heat as by slow oxidation of phosphorous
Example:
the phosphorescent glow of decaying wood
Classified under:
Similar:
light (characterized by or emitting light)
Derivation:
phosphoresce (to exhibit phosphorescence)
phosphorescence (a fluorescence that persists after the bombarding radiation has ceased)
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