Meaning

1 senses

  1. A phosphorescent substance.

Examples

1 sentences

  1. The physicists had shown that the alpha particles falling on a screen of phosphorescent zinc sulphide produced a number of scintillations.

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Origin

From phosphorus + -escent.

From phosphorus + -escent.

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Forms

plural: phosphorescents
Singularphosphorescent
Pluralphosphorescents

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
phonyphosphatephosphorusphotoA1photocopier

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