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You can use it in any sentence where you want to describe something that glows in the dark. For example: "The walls were lined with phosphorescent paint which glowed brightly in the darkness of the room."
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phosphorescent
noun
A phosphorescent substance.
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They've spared me the specifics of their affair but I do know there was one night in Colombo where they cooled off in the phosphorescent waters of the Lakshadweep Sea.
In tiny amounts, their unique magnetic and phosphorescent properties make them vital ingredients in a host of gadgets and components, ranging from hard drives to lasers.
He notices the "virtuoso triviality" of Andy Warhol's diaries, for instance, or the "tundra-like humourlessness" of a literary scholar, or the "phosphorescent prosperity" of England in the 1980s (you need not necessarily accept the implied political sentiment to hear how neatly that last phrase suggests burn-out and showiness).
Their phosphorescent and magnetic properties make them indispensable for electronic displays in mobile phones, portable music players and plasma televisions.
Americans are repulsed by Europeans' crooked, cream-coloured teeth and Europeans find phosphorescent, fake-looking American smiles equally off-putting.Cleanliness symbolises purity.
When these particles hit the upper atmosphere they generate light in the same way that electrons from the cathode of an old-fashioned television set do when they hit the phosphorescent dots of the screen.The famous night-time auroras (borealis in the north, australis in the south) are the result of particles streaming in from the tail.
After several years, the phosphorescent product is altered by the action of the rays and becomes less luminous, though the quantity of radium has not changed appreciably.
That version of Ghost Rider was 19th-century teacher Carter Slade, who disguised himself in a ghostlike phosphorescent costume when he fought lawbreakers.
Henri then concerned himself with infrared radiation, examining, among other things, the spectra of different phosphorescent crystals under infrared stimulation.
By 1896 Henri was an accomplished and respected physicist a member of the Académie des Sciences since 1889 but more important than his research thus far were his expertise with phosphorescent materials, his familiarity with uranium compounds, and his general skill in laboratory techniques, including photography.
Engineers measure the air pressure at all points over the surface of a model of a space shuttle wing by using a phosphorescent paint.
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