phosphoresce
Americanverb (used without object)
verb
Etymology
Origin of phosphoresce
First recorded in 1785–95; phosphor(us) + -esce
Example Sentences
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He found that many organisms phosphoresce under ultraviolet light, so he created dramatic Technicolor images of the teeming biodiversity on the forest floor.
From New York Times • Jun. 8, 2023
It is very slowly released, but the ceramic can be induced to phosphoresce by heating—a process called “thermoluminescence.”
From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015
If then we prepare densely inseminated plates of these two bacteria in gelatine food-medium to which starch is added as the only carbohydrate, the bacteria grow but do not phosphoresce.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" by Various
The bulb is also a convenient little instrument for the purpose of heating those substances which phosphoresce, and likewise those salts that decrepitate.
As waves phosphoresce, let joys flash from the swing of the sorrow of your souls.
From Gathering Jewels The Secret of a Beautiful Life: In Memoriam of Mr. & Mrs. James Knowles. Selected from Their Diaries. by Young, Duncan McNeill
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