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Phosphor

[fos-fer, -fawr] / ˈfɒs fər, -fɔr /
NOUN
morning star
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Furthermore, one of the mobile developers in the Partners programme, Phosphor Games, is creating an action fantasy title named Horn, clearly aimed at the dedicated gaming audience.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 2, 2012

Now when one comes back, Phosphor is wild with joy—always in a well-bred way.

From Concerning Cats My Own and Some Others by Helen M. Winslow

This successful match was named "Lucifer," whose other name was Phosphor, the Morning Star, and the King of the Western Land.

From Inventions in the Century by William Henry Doolittle

The ancients called it Lucifer and Phosphor when it shone as a morning star before sunrise, and Hesperus and Vesper when it became visible after sunset.

From The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost' by Thomas Nathaniel Orchard

Phosphorus is known to enter into the composition of the human brain, and a trenchant German writer has exclaimed, 'Ohne Phosphor, kein Gedanke!'

From Fragments of science, V. 1-2 by John Tyndall


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