phosphorescence
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In general, phosphorescence signals are much longer-lasting than their fluorescent counterparts, allowing the Biofinder to distinguish between them.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 27, 2022
“Literature shines with its maximum phosphorescence when it is about to die,” Roland Barthes wrote.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 3, 2019
I’m staring down, where dolphins are magically lit by phosphorescence.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 4, 2018
The food eaten, the sun reduced to a smudge of phosphorescence on the horizon, the residents of the halfway home stood to leave, prompted by their minder.
From New York Times ● May 29, 2013
He hung there in the phosphorescence of the sea, gathering light and undulating, and his boat moved now on the tidal current, brightly lit and silent in the fog.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
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