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phosphoresce

[fos-fuh-res] / ˌfɒs fəˈrɛs /




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He found that many organisms phosphoresce under ultraviolet light, so he created dramatic Technicolor images of the teeming biodiversity on the forest floor.

From New York Times Jun. 8, 2023

It is very slowly released, but the ceramic can be induced to phosphoresce by heating—a process called “thermoluminescence.”

From Textbooks Aug. 12, 2015

As waves phosphoresce, let joys flash from the swing of the sorrow of your souls.

From Gathering Jewels The Secret of a Beautiful Life: In Memoriam of Mr. & Mrs. James Knowles. Selected from Their Diaries. by Young, Duncan McNeill

The bulb is also a convenient little instrument for the purpose of heating those substances which phosphoresce, and likewise those salts that decrepitate.

From A System of Instruction in the Practical Use of the Blowpipe Being A Graduated Course Of Analysis For The Use Of Students And All Those Engaged In The Examination Of Metallic Combinations by Anonymous

But from numerous experiments I find that bodies will phosphoresce in actual contact with the negative pole.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 795, March 28, 1891 by Various

Whenever the tube of radium was drawn away more than two or three feet the phosphoresce ceased; whenever it was placed under the tureen the diamond immediately phosphoresced again.

From A History of Science, Volume 5(of 5) Aspects Of Recent Science by Williams, Henry Smith

A diamond was suspended in the water and immediately phosphoresced.

From A History of Science, Volume 5(of 5) Aspects Of Recent Science by Williams, Henry Smith

Now and then they entered the nimbus of a gas lamp hovering just over their heads like a phosphorescing sea creature.

From Time Magazine Archive

Albano went out, with the whole sea of his inner being sparkling and phosphorescing under the influence of the wine and the forenoon, and the blue heaven fluttering in stronger breezes around him.

From Titan: A Romance v. 1 (of 2) by Richter, Jean Paul Friedrich

Thou so picturest thyself before me, that I cannot see the phosphorescing nimbus of the earth glimmer and smoke behind thee!

From The Invisible Lodge by Jean Paul




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