scotophor
/ˈskəʊtəfɔː/(also scotophore) Electronics
noun
A substance which darkens when bombarded with electrons; specifically such a substance (especially potassium chloride) used as a coating in cathode ray tubes, providing the reverse of the imaging behaviour of a phosphor coating.
Origin
1940s. From scoto- + -phor.
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