Mr. Nott proceeded to say that "since the discovery of Photography, there is, perhaps, no branch of electrical physics more interesting than that which comprehends the phenomena of phosphorescence."
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Phosphorescence
//ˌfɒs.fəˈɹɛs.əns//
Synonyms for "phosphorescence" (32 found)
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32 translations across 26 languages.
Bengali
1 entries- অনুপ্রভা noun (emission of light without heat)
Bulgarian
1 entries- фосфоресценция noun (emission of light without heat)
Catalan
1 entries- fosforescència noun (emission of light without heat)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 磷光 noun (emission of light without heat)
Esperanto
1 entries- fosforesko noun (emission of light without heat)
Finnish
1 entries- fosforesenssi noun (emission of light without heat)
French
1 entries- phosphorescence noun (emission of light without heat)
Galician
1 entries- fosforescencia noun (emission of light without heat)
German
2 entries- Nachleuchten noun (emission of light without heat)
- Phosphoreszenz noun (emission of light without heat)
Greek
1 entries- φωσφορισμός noun (emission of light without heat)
Irish
3 entries- gealán noun (emission of light without heat)
- méarnáil noun (emission of light without heat)
- tine ghealáin noun (emission of light without heat)
Italian
1 entries- fosforescenza noun (emission of light without heat)
Japanese
1 entries- 燐光 noun (emission of light without heat)
Korean
1 entries- 인광 noun (emission of light without heat)
Māori
3 entries- hīnātore noun (emission of light without heat)
- porotitiwai noun (emission of light without heat)
- pūrātoke noun (emission of light without heat)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- fosforescens noun (emission of light without heat)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- fosforescens noun (emission of light without heat)
Occitan
1 entries- fosforescéncia noun (emission of light without heat)
Polish
1 entries- fosforescencja noun (emission of light without heat)
Portuguese
1 entries- fosforescência noun (emission of light without heat)
Russian
1 entries- фосфоресценция noun (emission of light without heat)
Spanish
1 entries- fosforescencia noun (emission of light without heat)
Swedish
2 entries- fosforescens noun (emission of light without heat)
- fosforsken noun (emission of light without heat)
Tagalog
1 entries- pospowanag noun (emission of light without heat)
Vietnamese
1 entries- lân quang noun (emission of light without heat)
Welsh
1 entries- ffosfforedd noun (emission of light without heat)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
We saw a round red sun rise over the City, paint the glassy towers with phosphorescence and, as it brightened and lost its shape, sprinkle across the sky feathers of pink and lilac.
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