phosphoresce
/ˌfɒsfəˈrɛs
/verb [no object]
Emit light or radiation by phosphorescence: we saw glow-worms phosphorescing at us from the dark of the bracken...
- Researchers report that palladium atoms present at parts-per-million quantities in a polymer LED cause the material to phosphoresce.
- The crystals fluoresce and phosphoresce a weak pale yellowish-green in ultraviolet radiation.
- Some fluorescent materials, under the appropriate conditions, will also phosphoresce.
Rhymes
- operatical
- operatically
- operatics
- operating budget
- operating crew
- operating instructions
- operating manual
- operating profit
- operating room
- operating system
- operating table
- operating theatre
- operating voltage
- operation
- operational
- operational amplifier
- operational area
- operational expenditure
- operationalisable
- operationalisation
- operationalise
- operationalism
- operationalist
- operationality
- operationalizable