phosphorescence
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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
In your death you would not witness a stomach glowing with phosphorescence; your skin would not turn white; you would not find a coconut; you would not be encased and warm, womb-like.
From Salon • Jun. 12, 2012
Occasionally they sang softly; occasionally they turned cartwheels down by the moving streak of phosphorescence.
From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
