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Definitions: PHOSPHOR |
PHOSPHORNoun1. The planet Venus, when appearing as the morning star; Lucifer. 2. Phosphorus. |
Date "PHOSPHOR" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1819. (references) |
Etymology: Phosphor \Phos"phor\, noun. [Compare to German phosphor. See Phosphorus.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Aerospace | A phosphorescent substance, such as zinc sulfide, which emits light when excited by radiation, as on the scope of a cathode-ray tube. See phosphorescence. (references) |
Electrical Engineering | A material, usually solid, which exhibits photoluminescence. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | Any material that has been prepared artificially and has the property of luminescence, regardless of whether it exhibits phosphorescence. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The chemical element Phosphorus (Greek. phosphoros, meaning "light bearer") was discovered by German alchemist Hennig Brand in 1669 through a preparation from urine. Working in Hamburg, Brand attempted to distill salts by evaporating urine, and in the process produced a white material that glowed in the dark. Since that time, the term phosphorescence has been used to describe substances that shine in the dark without burning.
Modern phosphors do not necessarily contain phosphorus, but instead use rare earth elements. The most common uses of phosphors are in CRT displays and fluorescent lights.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Phosphor."
Crosswords: PHOSPHOR |
| English words defined with "PHOSPHOR": phosphor bronze. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "PHOSPHOR": bitmap display, broadcast quality video ♦ cathode ray tube ♦ Fluorescent Light ♦ Mercury Vapor Lamp ♦ phosphor fatigue ♦ samarium oxide, Scintillation detector. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "PHOSPHOR": Lithophosphor. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "PHOSPHOR" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. German (phospherus, phosphor, phosphorus). |
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Movie/TV Titles | Phosphor (1994) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Substitutes. Composition clock cases. New clock conserves critical metals. Two-bit model (right) produced by Gilbert Clock Corporation, compared with metal-case model which sold under the same guarantee. Saves brass, aluminum, phosphor, bronze and steel -.Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "PHOSPHOR" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 97.30% of the time. "PHOSPHOR" is used about 37 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 97.3% | 36 | 57,479 |
| Noun (proper) | 2.7% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 37 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "PHOSPHOR": phosphor bronze ♦ phosphor fatigue. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "PHOSPHOR": Phosphor-bronze, phosphor-coated. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
phosphor | 30 |
phosphor bronze | 12 |
bronze brush idler phosphor pulley | 4 |
copper phosphor | 3 |
coating phosphor | 2 |
phosphor screen | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "PHOSPHOR"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | ylli i mëngjesit (morning star), lëndë fosforeshente. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | فوسفور, زهرة (blossom, elite, flower, jacinth). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | фосфор (phosphorus), зорница. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | lysstof (fluorescent material). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | fluorescerende stof (fluorescent material). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | loisteaine (fluorescent material, luminescent material). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | phosphore (phosphorus), substance fluorescente, luminophore. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | phosphor (phospherus, phosphorus), Leuchtstoff (fluorescent material, luminescent material). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | υλικό φθορισμού (fluorescent material), φωσφοριστής (fluorescent material). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | פוספור, זרחן (phosphorus). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | foszfor (phosphori, phosphorus). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | fosfor (phosphorus). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | sostanza fluorescente (fluorescent material), fosforo (phosphorus). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 蛍光物質 (fluorescent substance). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | けいこうぶっしつ (fluorescent substance). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 인광체. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | osphorphay substância fluorescente (fluorescent material), sal do ácido fosforoso, fósforo (match, phosphorate, phosphorus, photo, spunk). (various references) substanţã fosforescentã, luceafãrul de dimineaţã (day star, Lucifer, morning star). (various references) утренняя звезда (morning star), фосфор (phosphorous, phosphorus). (various references) fosfor (phosphorus). (various references) fósforo (match, matchstick, phosphorus). (various references) lyspulver (fluorescent material, luminescent material), fosfor (phosphorus). (various references) fosforlu şey, fosfor gibi ışıldayan şey, fosfor (phosphorus). (various references) ранкова зоря (dawn, day star, morning, phosphorus, sunrise, sun-up), фосфор (phosphorus). (various references) đồng thiếc photpho (phosphor-bronze). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "PHOSPHOR": phosphore, phosphores, phosphoresce, phosphoresced, phosphorescence, phosphorescences, phosphorescent, phosphorescently, phosphoresces, phosphorescing, phosphoric, phosphorite, phosphorites, phosphoritic, phosphorolyses, phosphorolysis, phosphorolytic, phosphorous, phosphors, phosphorus, phosphoruses, phosphoryl, phosphorylase, phosphorylases, phosphorylate, phosphorylated, phosphorylates, phosphorylating, phosphorylation, phosphorylations, phosphorylative, phosphoryls. (additional references) | |
Words containing "PHOSPHOR": dephosphorylate, dephosphorylated, dephosphorylates, dephosphorylating, dephosphorylation, dephosphorylations, organophosphorous, organophosphorus, organophosphoruses, photophosphorylation, photophosphorylations. (additional references) | |
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"PHOSPHOR" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Khushro, phosfor, phospher, phospho, phosphore, phosphour, phsphor, Poshpura. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "PHOSPHOR" (pronounced fÄ"sfô'r) |
| 3 | -f ô' r | therefore. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "h-h-o-o-p-p-r-s" | |
-3 letters: hoops, poohs, poops, props, proso, sopor, spoor. | |
-4 letters: hoop, hops, oohs, oops, pooh, poop, poor, pops, posh, prop, pros, rhos, shoo, shop, soph. | |
-5 letters: hop, oho, ohs, ooh, ops, ors, poh, pop, pro, rho, shh, sop. | |
| Words containing the letters "h-h-o-o-p-p-r-s" | |
+1 letter: phosphore, phosphors. | |
+2 letters: hypomorphs, phosphores, phosphoric, phosphorus, phosphoryl. | |
+3 letters: lophophores, philosopher, phonographs, phosphorite, phosphorous, phosphoryls, photographs, photophores, photosphere. | |
+4 letters: philosophers, phosphoresce, phosphorites, phosphoritic, phosphoruses, photospheres, photospheric, prophethoods, siphonophore. | |
+5 letters: anthroposophy, philosophizer, phonographers, phonographies, phosphoresced, phosphoresces, phosphorylase, phosphorylate, photographers, photographies, pyrophosphate, rephotographs, siphonophores. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 48 4F 53 50 48 4F 52 |
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