A CRT display is composed of numerous groups of red, green, and blue colored phosphor dots, known as triads, which are excited by precisely controlled electron beams.
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Phosphor
/ˈfɒsfə/
Synonyms for "phosphor" (68 found)
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Closest matches (14)
aldebaranautoluminescencebioluminescencecandle flycaniculacathode luminescencecelestial bodychemicoluminescencechemiluminescencecometcorposantcrystalloluminescencedaystardog star
Strong matches (20)
double corposantelectroluminescenceevening starfata morganafire beetlefireflyfirewormfixed starsfluorescencefox fireglowwormheavenly bodyhesperhesperusignis fatuuslampyridlantern flylightning bug
Noun(2 words)
emissive materialglow material
Related words (34)
living sapphireslodestarluciferluciferaseluciferinluminescenceluminophormarshfiremorning starnoctiluscencenorth starorbphosphorescencephosphorusphotoluminescencepolar starpolarispolestarradioluminescencesirius
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Noun(2 words)
luminescent substancephosphorescent material
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5 entriesblue phosphorcalcium tungstate phosphorgreen phosphorrare earth phosphoryttrium aluminum garnet phosphor
Collocations
6 entriesblue phosphorcalcium tungstate phosphorgreen phosphorphosphor screenrare earth phosphoryttrium aluminum garnet phosphor
Inflections
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2 entriesSample sentences
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It was a dark night, unrelieved save by the phosphor gleam of the seas around the vessel, and the light of the two lanterns hung up in the fore and mizzen rigging.
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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.
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Anna likened you to Phosphor, the morning star, and herself to Hesper, the mortal star of evening, and when I told her those twin stars were one and the same, and not a star at all but the planet Venus,[…]
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