The physicists had shown that the alpha particles falling on a screen of phosphorescent zinc sulphide produced a number of scintillations.
Source: tatoeba (12091939)
Phosphorescent
Synonyms for "phosphorescent" (6 found)
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Closest matches (2)
Strong matches (1)
Adjective(1 words)
Related words (3)
Related word relations
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More general
7 entriesemissive propertyfigurative languageluminescenceluminescent propertyluminous propertymetaphorvisual metaphor
More specific
9 entriesafterglowafterglow imagerydelayed emissionethereal glowglow coatingpersistent glowphosphor coatingphosphor pigmentsoft glow
Collocations
6 entriesphosphorescent emissionphosphorescent finishphosphorescent glowphosphorescent materialphosphorescent pigmentphosphorescent spectrum
Inflections
2 entriesmore phosphorescentmost phosphorescent
Derivations
2 entriessimilar
1 entriesSample sentences
2 total sentences available.
So he imports this special breed of scorpions and feeds them on metal meal and the scorpions turned a phosphorescent blue color and sort of hummed.
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