Process in which energy absorbed by a substance is released relatively slowly in the form of light.
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In another experiment, when phosphorescence was excited, a similar bulb was used.
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It had rotted through in several places, and the phosphorescence shone through.
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A good deal has been said of the firefly and of phosphorescence.
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As yet little is known regarding the efficiency of light-production by phosphorescence.
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A fitful phosphorescence, like the glow of deep-sea fishes: blue, cold, charmless.
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The spray was luminous, just as if lit up by sudden phosphorescence.
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There was light now, though, a faint phosphorescence of the corridor itself.
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Beneath, centred about the slubbering noise, was an area of agitated phosphorescence.
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Many of them glow with a dull phosphorescence, instead of bright coloring.
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The Middle Sea glows at night with a greenish, unhealthy phosphorescence.
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It was of interest to find whether carborundum possesses the quality of phosphorescence.
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This is the rotten carcass of Christianity; this mal-odorous phosphorescence of post-mortem sentimentalism.
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The phosphorescence did shimmer in a way that suggested the bones were moving.
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Besides this, Javert possessed in his eye the feline phosphorescence of night birds.
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The human aura is not always in a state of calm phosphorescence, however.
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Now, throughout this sub-division of the Actinozoa phosphorescence is a very general phenomenon.
