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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

Ian Kennedy, a mechanical engineer at the University of California, Davis, is using combustion to make nanoparticles that contain europium, an exotic and expensive element that phosphoresces strongly.

From Nature

Becquerel noted that carbon phosphoresces at a certain elevated temperature preceding the dark red.

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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 Project Gutenberg