phosphoroscope
[ fos-fawr-uh-skohp, -for- ]
noun
an instrument for measuring the duration of evanescent phosphorescence in different substances.
Origin of phosphoroscope
1First recorded in 1855–60; phosphoro- + -scope
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British Dictionary definitions for phosphoroscope
phosphoroscope
/ (fɒsˈfɒrəˌskəʊp) /
noun
an instrument for measuring the duration of phosphorescence after the source of radiation causing it has been removed
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