Definition of phosphorescence in English:

phosphorescence

noun ˌfɒsfəˈrɛs(ə)nsˌfɑsfəˈrɛsəns

mass noun

1Light emitted by a substance without combustion or perceptible heat.
the stones overhead gleamed with phosphorescence
Example sentencesExamples
- Now only the stars have been netted in the casuarinas and the surf snarls with eerie phosphorescence as if glowing with spectral fires.
- This was similar to the flame of a big blue slow moving torch, that had a steady slight wind blowing on it, that made the leading edge wobble and warp in a slow fluttering motion, with the changing gun-blue phosphorescence.
- A large cavern, lit only by the faintest glimmer of phosphorescence, was exposed, a vast lake in the centre.
- The I.V. stand is dragged along like a broken mast, its medicine bags glowing like ocean phosphorescence; rising from the water, as in a horror movie, a tentacle wields a syringe and a human hand proffers a dripping bottle of pills.
- A sparkling phosphorescence blossomed out through the water from where they hit the water, and the pool was lit with a strange iridescence.
- Sunset faded and the mainland lights fell away, surges of phosphorescence began to show.
- The water about them glowed with a strange green phosphorescence.
- Another boat chugged past and at that moment our world exploded in hissing silvery blue, the sea whisking and shining in a turmoil of a bustle of fish and phosphorescence, like coins gleaming in a dark, still pool.
- Europa achieves ecstatic permanence in phosphorescence, which originates only due to light from another source, just as myth propagates itself: by tapping into innate human eros.
- It was just like Goa - picturesque, abounded in clean beaches, where, because of phosphorescence, waves glow on a full moon night, and provided a sense of tranquillity.
- It was peaceful: the waves slapping against the hull, the ocean aglow with cold, blue phosphorescence - almost a net of glittering cyan and light.
- He would watch for the telltale disturbance of phosphorescence in the water which meant the fish were rising on the ebb tide.
- Ancient runic lettering on the wall shone clearly yet legibly, some eerie phosphorescence at work; and the dome… pure, sparkling, it needed no lamp to herald its majesty.
- The place they flew through was eerie, lit only by lightning and the faint phosphorescence of the clouds themselves which both above and below formed a curving tunnel.
- I stared silently out the window as an eerie aura of phosphorescence crowned the long rows of waves crashing onto the beach under the moonlight.
- The lighting uses silhouettes and phosphorescence that give figures and flying coats a garish glow, and none more memorably than the small witch-like figure suspended on high in the second half before she falls and flashes to the ground.
- Since that time, phosphorescence has been used to describe substances that shine in the dark without burning.
- At times the sea was glittering with phosphorescence, and when dolphins appeared around Pindar at that time, they left silver streaks in the water like Walt Disney characters.
- A beautiful hole, but it was still a hole when you stripped away all the velvet and phosphorescence.
- We journeyed out to the Lions Gate Bridge; on the way back, the ocean's phosphorescence electrified our strokes.
Synonyms
illumination, brightness, luminescence, luminosity, shining, gleaming, gleam, brilliance, radiance, lustre, glowing, glow, blaze, glare, dazzle
1. 1.1Physics The emission of radiation in a similar manner to fluorescence but on a longer timescale, so that emission continues after excitation ceases.
  Example sentencesExamples
  Thermoluminescence is phosphorescence of a material due to heating.
  In the case of molecules, the emission is called fluorescence if the transition occurs between states of the same spin, and phosphorescence if the transition takes place between states of different spin.
  Thus, thought Becquerel, he had extended his discovery of long-lived phosphorescence to metals.
  The high degree of iodine substitution in this aromatic molecule facilitates intersystem crossing, and rose bengal exhibits significant phosphorescence.
  One piece of ore that missed the smelter contained some secondary willemite with a very long phosphorescence.
  Synonyms
  shine, lustre, gloss, sheen

Derivatives

phosphorescent

adjective ˌfɒsfəˈrɛs(ə)nt

Many diamonds are fluorescent and phosphorescent under ultraviolet radiation.
Example sentencesExamples
- Everything, the real walls, the maze walls, and the floors, are painted with phosphorescent paint and black lights are mounted in the ceiling.
- All barites that fluoresce are phosphorescent for variable lengths of time after extended ultraviolet radiation exposure.
- Of course, the use of electrons, photons, phosphorescent light and fluorescence microscopy largely remain a mystery to me, but not because their capacity for imaging is itself mysterious.
- Becquerel in Paris wondered whether naturally fluorescent or phosphorescent substances might also emit X-rays.

Rhymes

acquiescence, adolescence, arborescence, coalescence, convalescence, deliquescence, effervescence, essence, evanescence, excrescence, florescence, fluorescence, incandescence, iridescence, juvenescence, luminescence, obsolescence, opalescence, pubescence, putrescence, quiescence, quintessence

Definition of phosphorescence in US English:

phosphorescence

nounˌfɑsfəˈrɛsənsˌfäsfəˈresəns

1Light emitted by a substance without combustion or perceptible heat.
the stones overhead gleamed with phosphorescence
Example sentencesExamples
- He would watch for the telltale disturbance of phosphorescence in the water which meant the fish were rising on the ebb tide.
- The I.V. stand is dragged along like a broken mast, its medicine bags glowing like ocean phosphorescence; rising from the water, as in a horror movie, a tentacle wields a syringe and a human hand proffers a dripping bottle of pills.
- It was peaceful: the waves slapping against the hull, the ocean aglow with cold, blue phosphorescence - almost a net of glittering cyan and light.
- At times the sea was glittering with phosphorescence, and when dolphins appeared around Pindar at that time, they left silver streaks in the water like Walt Disney characters.
- It was just like Goa - picturesque, abounded in clean beaches, where, because of phosphorescence, waves glow on a full moon night, and provided a sense of tranquillity.
- The water about them glowed with a strange green phosphorescence.
- Sunset faded and the mainland lights fell away, surges of phosphorescence began to show.
- Since that time, phosphorescence has been used to describe substances that shine in the dark without burning.
- A large cavern, lit only by the faintest glimmer of phosphorescence, was exposed, a vast lake in the centre.
- A sparkling phosphorescence blossomed out through the water from where they hit the water, and the pool was lit with a strange iridescence.
- Another boat chugged past and at that moment our world exploded in hissing silvery blue, the sea whisking and shining in a turmoil of a bustle of fish and phosphorescence, like coins gleaming in a dark, still pool.
- A beautiful hole, but it was still a hole when you stripped away all the velvet and phosphorescence.
- Now only the stars have been netted in the casuarinas and the surf snarls with eerie phosphorescence as if glowing with spectral fires.
- I stared silently out the window as an eerie aura of phosphorescence crowned the long rows of waves crashing onto the beach under the moonlight.
- This was similar to the flame of a big blue slow moving torch, that had a steady slight wind blowing on it, that made the leading edge wobble and warp in a slow fluttering motion, with the changing gun-blue phosphorescence.
- The place they flew through was eerie, lit only by lightning and the faint phosphorescence of the clouds themselves which both above and below formed a curving tunnel.
- The lighting uses silhouettes and phosphorescence that give figures and flying coats a garish glow, and none more memorably than the small witch-like figure suspended on high in the second half before she falls and flashes to the ground.
- Europa achieves ecstatic permanence in phosphorescence, which originates only due to light from another source, just as myth propagates itself: by tapping into innate human eros.
- We journeyed out to the Lions Gate Bridge; on the way back, the ocean's phosphorescence electrified our strokes.
- Ancient runic lettering on the wall shone clearly yet legibly, some eerie phosphorescence at work; and the dome… pure, sparkling, it needed no lamp to herald its majesty.
Synonyms
illumination, brightness, luminescence, luminosity, shining, gleaming, gleam, brilliance, radiance, lustre, glowing, glow, blaze, glare, dazzle
1. 1.1Physics The emission of radiation in a similar manner to fluorescence but on a longer timescale, so that emission continues after excitation ceases.
  Example sentencesExamples
  The high degree of iodine substitution in this aromatic molecule facilitates intersystem crossing, and rose bengal exhibits significant phosphorescence.
  In the case of molecules, the emission is called fluorescence if the transition occurs between states of the same spin, and phosphorescence if the transition takes place between states of different spin.
  One piece of ore that missed the smelter contained some secondary willemite with a very long phosphorescence.
  Thus, thought Becquerel, he had extended his discovery of long-lived phosphorescence to metals.
  Thermoluminescence is phosphorescence of a material due to heating.
  Synonyms
  shine, lustre, gloss, sheen

单词	phosphorescence
释义	Definition of phosphorescence in English: phosphorescence noun ˌfɒsfəˈrɛs(ə)nsˌfɑsfəˈrɛsəns mass noun 1Light emitted by a substance without combustion or perceptible heat. the stones overhead gleamed with phosphorescence Example sentencesExamples Now only the stars have been netted in the casuarinas and the surf snarls with eerie phosphorescence as if glowing with spectral fires. This was similar to the flame of a big blue slow moving torch, that had a steady slight wind blowing on it, that made the leading edge wobble and warp in a slow fluttering motion, with the changing gun-blue phosphorescence. A large cavern, lit only by the faintest glimmer of phosphorescence, was exposed, a vast lake in the centre. The I.V. stand is dragged along like a broken mast, its medicine bags glowing like ocean phosphorescence; rising from the water, as in a horror movie, a tentacle wields a syringe and a human hand proffers a dripping bottle of pills. A sparkling phosphorescence blossomed out through the water from where they hit the water, and the pool was lit with a strange iridescence. Sunset faded and the mainland lights fell away, surges of phosphorescence began to show. The water about them glowed with a strange green phosphorescence. Another boat chugged past and at that moment our world exploded in hissing silvery blue, the sea whisking and shining in a turmoil of a bustle of fish and phosphorescence, like coins gleaming in a dark, still pool. Europa achieves ecstatic permanence in phosphorescence, which originates only due to light from another source, just as myth propagates itself: by tapping into innate human eros. It was just like Goa - picturesque, abounded in clean beaches, where, because of phosphorescence, waves glow on a full moon night, and provided a sense of tranquillity. It was peaceful: the waves slapping against the hull, the ocean aglow with cold, blue phosphorescence - almost a net of glittering cyan and light. He would watch for the telltale disturbance of phosphorescence in the water which meant the fish were rising on the ebb tide. Ancient runic lettering on the wall shone clearly yet legibly, some eerie phosphorescence at work; and the dome… pure, sparkling, it needed no lamp to herald its majesty. The place they flew through was eerie, lit only by lightning and the faint phosphorescence of the clouds themselves which both above and below formed a curving tunnel. I stared silently out the window as an eerie aura of phosphorescence crowned the long rows of waves crashing onto the beach under the moonlight. The lighting uses silhouettes and phosphorescence that give figures and flying coats a garish glow, and none more memorably than the small witch-like figure suspended on high in the second half before she falls and flashes to the ground. Since that time, phosphorescence has been used to describe substances that shine in the dark without burning. At times the sea was glittering with phosphorescence, and when dolphins appeared around Pindar at that time, they left silver streaks in the water like Walt Disney characters. A beautiful hole, but it was still a hole when you stripped away all the velvet and phosphorescence. We journeyed out to the Lions Gate Bridge; on the way back, the ocean's phosphorescence electrified our strokes. Synonyms illumination, brightness, luminescence, luminosity, shining, gleaming, gleam, brilliance, radiance, lustre, glowing, glow, blaze, glare, dazzle 1.1Physics The emission of radiation in a similar manner to fluorescence but on a longer timescale, so that emission continues after excitation ceases. Example sentencesExamples Thermoluminescence is phosphorescence of a material due to heating. In the case of molecules, the emission is called fluorescence if the transition occurs between states of the same spin, and phosphorescence if the transition takes place between states of different spin. Thus, thought Becquerel, he had extended his discovery of long-lived phosphorescence to metals. The high degree of iodine substitution in this aromatic molecule facilitates intersystem crossing, and rose bengal exhibits significant phosphorescence. One piece of ore that missed the smelter contained some secondary willemite with a very long phosphorescence. Synonyms shine, lustre, gloss, sheen Derivatives phosphorescent adjective ˌfɒsfəˈrɛs(ə)nt Many diamonds are fluorescent and phosphorescent under ultraviolet radiation. Example sentencesExamples Everything, the real walls, the maze walls, and the floors, are painted with phosphorescent paint and black lights are mounted in the ceiling. All barites that fluoresce are phosphorescent for variable lengths of time after extended ultraviolet radiation exposure. Of course, the use of electrons, photons, phosphorescent light and fluorescence microscopy largely remain a mystery to me, but not because their capacity for imaging is itself mysterious. Becquerel in Paris wondered whether naturally fluorescent or phosphorescent substances might also emit X-rays. Rhymes acquiescence, adolescence, arborescence, coalescence, convalescence, deliquescence, effervescence, essence, evanescence, excrescence, florescence, fluorescence, incandescence, iridescence, juvenescence, luminescence, obsolescence, opalescence, pubescence, putrescence, quiescence, quintessence Definition of phosphorescence in US English: phosphorescence nounˌfɑsfəˈrɛsənsˌfäsfəˈresəns 1Light emitted by a substance without combustion or perceptible heat. the stones overhead gleamed with phosphorescence Example sentencesExamples He would watch for the telltale disturbance of phosphorescence in the water which meant the fish were rising on the ebb tide. The I.V. stand is dragged along like a broken mast, its medicine bags glowing like ocean phosphorescence; rising from the water, as in a horror movie, a tentacle wields a syringe and a human hand proffers a dripping bottle of pills. It was peaceful: the waves slapping against the hull, the ocean aglow with cold, blue phosphorescence - almost a net of glittering cyan and light. At times the sea was glittering with phosphorescence, and when dolphins appeared around Pindar at that time, they left silver streaks in the water like Walt Disney characters. It was just like Goa - picturesque, abounded in clean beaches, where, because of phosphorescence, waves glow on a full moon night, and provided a sense of tranquillity. The water about them glowed with a strange green phosphorescence. Sunset faded and the mainland lights fell away, surges of phosphorescence began to show. Since that time, phosphorescence has been used to describe substances that shine in the dark without burning. A large cavern, lit only by the faintest glimmer of phosphorescence, was exposed, a vast lake in the centre. A sparkling phosphorescence blossomed out through the water from where they hit the water, and the pool was lit with a strange iridescence. Another boat chugged past and at that moment our world exploded in hissing silvery blue, the sea whisking and shining in a turmoil of a bustle of fish and phosphorescence, like coins gleaming in a dark, still pool. A beautiful hole, but it was still a hole when you stripped away all the velvet and phosphorescence. Now only the stars have been netted in the casuarinas and the surf snarls with eerie phosphorescence as if glowing with spectral fires. I stared silently out the window as an eerie aura of phosphorescence crowned the long rows of waves crashing onto the beach under the moonlight. This was similar to the flame of a big blue slow moving torch, that had a steady slight wind blowing on it, that made the leading edge wobble and warp in a slow fluttering motion, with the changing gun-blue phosphorescence. The place they flew through was eerie, lit only by lightning and the faint phosphorescence of the clouds themselves which both above and below formed a curving tunnel. The lighting uses silhouettes and phosphorescence that give figures and flying coats a garish glow, and none more memorably than the small witch-like figure suspended on high in the second half before she falls and flashes to the ground. Europa achieves ecstatic permanence in phosphorescence, which originates only due to light from another source, just as myth propagates itself: by tapping into innate human eros. We journeyed out to the Lions Gate Bridge; on the way back, the ocean's phosphorescence electrified our strokes. Ancient runic lettering on the wall shone clearly yet legibly, some eerie phosphorescence at work; and the dome… pure, sparkling, it needed no lamp to herald its majesty. Synonyms illumination, brightness, luminescence, luminosity, shining, gleaming, gleam, brilliance, radiance, lustre, glowing, glow, blaze, glare, dazzle 1.1Physics The emission of radiation in a similar manner to fluorescence but on a longer timescale, so that emission continues after excitation ceases. Example sentencesExamples The high degree of iodine substitution in this aromatic molecule facilitates intersystem crossing, and rose bengal exhibits significant phosphorescence. In the case of molecules, the emission is called fluorescence if the transition occurs between states of the same spin, and phosphorescence if the transition takes place between states of different spin. One piece of ore that missed the smelter contained some secondary willemite with a very long phosphorescence. Thus, thought Becquerel, he had extended his discovery of long-lived phosphorescence to metals. Thermoluminescence is phosphorescence of a material due to heating. Synonyms shine, lustre, gloss, sheen
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