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phosphoresce

[ fos-fuh-res ]

verb (used without object)

phosphoresced, phosphorescing.
  1. to be luminous without sensible heat, as phosphorus.


phosphoresce

/ ˌɒəˈɛ /

verb

  1. intr to exhibit phosphorescence
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of phosphoresce1

First recorded in 1785–95; phosphor(us) + -esce
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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.

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Small animals in the water, microscopic organisms, sometimes phosphoresced—gave off light almost like lightning bugs—when disturbed.

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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.

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

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

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