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phosphorescence

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


NOUN
iridescence
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONG




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The music stops, the lights return to the usual sickly phosphorescence, and the administrator pulls his usual demeanor back to formality as everyone recovers from their shock.

From Salon • Jan. 18, 2025

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

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

From Washington Post • Oct. 15, 2021

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




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