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phosphorescence

noun as in iridescence

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Abiotic minerals also emit their own light, called phosphorescence.

But the phosphorescence of her work is not dimmed.

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

Unfortunately, the phosphorescence also gives the sails the slightest green tinge in daylight.

Afterward, the spectacle of “beautiful phosphorescence” signals “radioactive ionization of air.”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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