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Phosphor

//ˈfɒsfə// name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of Phosphorus (“the planet Venus, as the morning star”). alt-of, alternative

    "All night no ruder air perplex ⁠Thy sliding keel, till Phosphor, bright ⁠As our pure love, thro’ early light Shall glimmer on the dewy decks."

Noun
  1. 1
    Any of various compounds of transition metals or of rare earths that exhibit phosphorescence. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    a synthetic substance that is fluorescent or phosphorescent; used to coat the screens of cathode ray tubes wordnet
  3. 3
    Phosphorus. countable, obsolete, uncountable
  4. 4
    The planet Venus, when appearing as a morning star countable, obsolete, proper-noun, uncountable

Etymology

From Medieval Latin phosphorus.

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