phosphoresce
to be luminous without sensible heat, as phosphorus.
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How to use phosphoresce in a sentence
As waves phosphoresce, let joys flash from the swing of the sorrow of your souls.
Gathering Jewels | James Knowles and Matilda Darroch KnowlesBut from numerous experiments I find that bodies will phosphoresce in actual contact with the negative pole.
I took a screen made of zincblende, which will phosphoresce when the emanations of radium fall upon it.
The Life Radiant | Lilian WhitingThe question presents itself here, can a conductor phosphoresce?
The inventions, researches and writings of Nikola Tesla | Thomas Commerford MartinIts dead color brightens considerably under the molecular impact, but I am now convinced it does not phosphoresce.
The inventions, researches and writings of Nikola Tesla | Thomas Commerford Martin
British Dictionary definitions for phosphoresce
/ (ˌfɒsfəˈrɛs) /
(intr) to exhibit phosphorescence
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