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
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
It was the yellow Gulf weed that had made so much phosphorescence in the night.
From "The Old Man and The Sea" by Ernest Hemingway
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
