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Phosphorescent

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Adjective

1. phosphorescent

emitting light without appreciable heat as by slow oxidation of phosphorous

Example Sentences:
'the phosphorescent glow of decaying wood'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Phosphorescent

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adjective
exhibiting or having the property of phosphorescence

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Phosphorescent

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n.
1. Persistent emission of light following exposure to and removal of incident radiation.
2. Emission of light without appreciable heat, as from chemiluminescence of phosphorus or bioluminescence of living organisms.

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