phosphorescent
phosphorescent adjective: having the property of emitting light for a period of time after the source of excitation is taken away, e.g., in electrostatic storage tubes and cathode-ray tubes.
Adjective
phosphorescent (comparative more phosphorescent, superlative most phosphorescent)
- Having the property of emitting light for a period of time after the source of excitation is taken away, e.g., in electrostatic storage tubes and cathode-ray tubes.
- So he imports this special breed of scorpions and feeds them on metal meal and the scorpions turned a phosphorescent blue color and sort of hummed.1966 [1961], William S. Burroughs, The Soft Machine (The Nova Trilogy), New York: Grove Press, page 11
- Synonyms:
- briny
Noun
phosphorescent (plural phosphorescents)
- A phosphorescent substance.
phosphorescent meaning in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Tagalog
phosphorescent in Tamil
- ஒளிவிடுகின்ற
phosphorescent in Malayalam
- പ്രകാശിക്കുന്ന, മിനുങ്ങുന്ന, ഭാസുരദ്യോത
phosphorescent in Kannada
- ಅನುದೀಪಕ, ಪ್ರಸ್ಫುರಿಸುವ, ಕತ್ತಲಲ್ಲಿ ಮಿನುಗುವ
phosphorescent in Tagalog
- emitting light for a period of time after the source of excitation is taken away
- mapospowanag
Synonyms of phosphorescent
Forms of phosphorescent
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more phosphorescent |
| superlative | most phosphorescent |
| Noun | |
| plural | phosphorescents |
Origin of phosphorescent
From phosphorus + -escent. It's interesting to note that phosphorus is not phosphorescent. Some phosphoric mixtures can be luminescent through chemical reactions, but none exhibit literal phosphorescence.
Words formed from phosphorescent
Words that rhyme with phosphorescent
- crescent
- evanescent
- deliquescent
- fluorescent
- incandescent
- efflorescent
- quiescent
- senescent
- accrescent
- acquiescent
- arborescent
- circumcrescent
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- convalescent
- depressant
- effervescent
- erubescent
- excrescent
- iridescent
- juvenescent
- lapidescent
- pubescent
- recrudescent
- reflorescent
- spinescent
- tumescent
- virescent
- viridescent
- acaulescent
- adipescent
- adularescent
- adultescent
- adultolescent
- agonescent
- albescent
- alcalescent
- alkalescent
- antidepressant
- autofluorescent
- autoluminescent
- biofluorescent
- bioluminescent
- calescent
- candescent
- cathodoluminescent
- caulescent
- cerulescent
- cessant
- chemifluorescent
- chemiluminescent
- chemoluminescent
- cinerescent
- coalescent
- concrescent
- contabescent
- crystalloluminescent
- cytofluorescent
- decadescent
- decalescent
- defervescent
- delitescent
Questions about phosphorescent
- What does phosphorescent mean?
- Phosphorescent means having the property of emitting light for a period of time after the source of excitation is taken away, e.g., in electrostatic storage tubes and cathode-ray tubes.
- What is phosphorescent in Tamil?
- Phosphorescent in Tamil is ஒளிவிடுகின்ற. See Phosphorescent meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is phosphorescent?
- Phosphorescent can be an adjective or a noun.
Words near phosphorescent in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: phosphorescent (page history and authors); phosphorescent (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); phosphorescent (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); phosphorescent (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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