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From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Related topics: Physics
phosphorescentphos‧pho‧res‧cent /ˌfɒsfəˈresənt◂ $ ˌfɑːs-/ adjective LIGHTHPshining slightly in the dark but producing little or no heat a strange phosphorescent light
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phosphorescent• A soft glow hung over Lowell Cove like a phosphorescent cloud.• The question, in a lows somber voice, emerged from beneath two phosphorescent dots.• On his thigh Jaq wore that warlock's image in phosphorescent green.• One should expect things like phosphorescent hills and midnight gunplay.• a pale green phosphorescent light• The clock gleamed a phosphorescent midnight.• A kind of phosphorescent pale elegance about his face.• The block, whatever it was, lay still before her, lipped by the faintly phosphorescent rim of shallow water.• A stream of urine struck the water leaving a phosphorescent trail on the surface.
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