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fluorescent screen

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noun

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

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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

The modulated current, fed into a radio transmitter, furnishes the control in the receiving set for another electron beam which recreates the image on a fluorescent screen.

From Time Magazine Archive

Using a microscope, early atomic physicists counted the tiny flashes of light that are made by particles from radium as they hit a fluorescent screen.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

A distant observer picks up the invisible ultraviolet "light" by means of a special optical device having a fluorescent screen of barium-platino-cyanide.

From Artificial Light Its Influence upon Civilization by Luckiesh, Matthew