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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

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

Below the fluorescent screen, light is gathered by lenses and concave mirror to be focused on 70-mm. film.

From Time Magazine Archive

Radiation passes through patient and table to strike a fluorescent screen that changes X rays into visible light.

From Time Magazine Archive

By night a screen was used which transmitted only the ultraviolet rays, and the observer's telescope was provided with a fluorescent screen in its focal plane.

From Artificial Light Its Influence upon Civilization by Luckiesh, Matthew

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