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fluorescent screen

British  

noun

  1. a transparent screen coated on one side with a phosphor that fluoresces when exposed to X-rays or cathode rays

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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There was a Santa Claus, and a coat rack filled with red Santa costumes next to a fluorescent screen illuminating the set.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 16, 2023

X rays coming from this tiny pinpoint cast shadows so sharp that they keep their definition even when thrown on a fluorescent screen or photographic film with 1,500 diameters of magnification.

From Time Magazine Archive

Visible on a fluorescent screen were her slanted ribs, her heart behind her breast bone, and shadowy splotches which Dr. Joannides explained were her diseased lungs.

From Time Magazine Archive

X-rays will penetrate the wrappings and dried flesh, pass on to create an image on a fluorescent screen, revealing to visitors the mummy's skeletal arrangement.

From Time Magazine Archive

A photo-electric beam scans the subject, translates light and dark into electrical impulses, which eventually alter a cathode ray played upon a fluorescent screen.

From Jimsy and the Monsters by Sheldon, Walter J.