phosphorescence
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Phosphorescence is the de-excitation of a metastable state.
From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015
Phosphorescence of the sea unknown to the ancients, 114.
From Man and Nature or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action by Marsh, George P.
Phosphorescence and fluorescence seem especially to result from the alpha and beta rays, particularly from the alpha rays, to which belongs the most important part of the total energy of the radiation.
From The New Physics and Its Evolution by Poincaré, Lucien
Phosphorescence 1st Kelpie— Sparkling and darkling, dust of the milky way, Shifting and drifting, firefly legions at play; Fading and glowing, lights of a starry maze, Coming and going, drift of a luminous haze.
From The Last West and Paolo's Virginia by Warren, G. B.
Phosphorescence becomes more intense, and most bodies of complex structure—milk, eggs, feathers, cotton, and flowers—become phosphorescent.
From The New Physics and Its Evolution by Poincaré, Lucien
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