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phosphorescence

[fos-fuh-res-uhns] / ˌfɒs fəˈrɛs əns /


NOUN
iridescence
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONG




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Abiotic minerals also emit their own light, called phosphorescence.

From Scientific American • Jul. 27, 2022

Visitors come for its “blue tears,” a phosphorescence in the waters caused by algae.

From Washington Post • Oct. 15, 2021

I’m staring down, where dolphins are magically lit by phosphorescence.

From The Guardian • Nov. 4, 2018

It can deliver spectacular beauty, through midnight phosphorescence, breaching gray whales or playful dolphins at sunrise.

From New York Times • Oct. 12, 2015

It was a dark old man with large green eyes that gave his face a ghostly phosphorescence and with a cross of ashes on his forehead.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez