phosphori

• plural

  plural

  The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.

  of phosphorus.
  phosphorus

  noun

  a solid, nonmetallic element existing in at least three allotropic forms, one that is yellow, poisonous, flammable, and luminous in the dark, one that is red, less poisonous, and less flammable, and another that is black, insoluble in most solvents, and the least flammable. The element is used in forming smoke screens, its compounds are used in matches and phosphate fertilizers, and it is a necessary constituent of plant and animal life in bones, nerves, and embryos. P; 30.974; 15; (yellow) 1.82 at 20°C, (red) 2.20 at 20°C, (black) 2.25–2.69 at 20°C.

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It was illuminated by balls of phosphori in glass globes, and its cool, broad halls and stairways were, in the soft light, very beautiful.

From The Certainty of a Future Life in Mars by L. P. Gratacap

At first a glow covered the sides of the houses, the colonnade and dome, while the glass prisms above them sent out rays from their imprisoned balls of phosphori.

From The Certainty of a Future Life in Mars by L. P. Gratacap

A chandelier of this blue metal was pendant from the ceiling, and in its cup-like extremities, arranged in vertical tiers, were round balls of the phosphori, glowing softly.

From The Certainty of a Future Life in Mars by L. P. Gratacap

Around the room were alcoves lit by lamps of the phosphori, and in each alcove a globe of a blue metal upon which were painted sketches like charts or maps.

From The Certainty of a Future Life in Mars by L. P. Gratacap

It is indeed a phosphori as, if I recall it aright, the sulphides of barium, strontium, and calcium were upon our earth.

From The Certainty of a Future Life in Mars by L. P. Gratacap

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