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

But the phosphorescence of her work is not dimmed.

From New York Times • Dec. 2, 2021

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

From The Guardian • Nov. 4, 2018

He quotes the Spanish poet Federico García Lorca, who wrote that “Havana has the yellow of Cadiz, the pink of Seville turning carmine and the green of Granada, with the slight phosphorescence of fish.”

From Washington Post • Mar. 3, 2017

Looking out the window I can see it, a glimmer, like the phosphorescence you get in stirred seawater, behind the sky, which is overcast and too low and a dull gray infrared.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood