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Definition: Phosphorescence |
PhosphorescenceNoun1. A fluorescence that persists after the bombarding radiation has ceased. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "phosphorescence" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1839. (references) |
Etymology: Phosphorescence \Phos`phor*es"cence\, noun. [Compare to the French expression phosphorescence.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Aerospace | Emission of light which continues after the exciting mechanism has ceased. See luminescence. Compare fluorescence.An example of phosphorescence is the glowing of an oscilloscope screen after the exciting beam of electrons has moved to another part of the screen. (references) |
Electrical Engineering | Photoluminescence which persists for an appreciable time after excitation. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | A. Luminescence in which the stimulated substance continues to emit light after the external stimulus has ceased; also, the light so produced. The duration of the emission is temperature-dependent, and has a characteristic rate of decay. CF:fluorescence; luminescence b. A misnomer for the property of emitting light without sensible heat; luminescence. Although light is produced by a biochemical reactioninvolving phosphorus, bioluminescence is the preferred term. (references) |
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Crosswords: Phosphorescence |
| English words defined with "phosphorescence": phosphoresce, Phosphorogenic, Phosphoroscope ♦ quench. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "phosphorescence": phosphorogen ♦ tiffanyite. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Phosphorescence" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. French (phosphorescence). |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Javert, moreover, had in his eye the feline phosphorescence of the birds of the night. |
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| "Phosphorescence" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Phosphorescence" is used about 21 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) | 100% | 21 | 76,261 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| 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 |
phosphorescence | 18 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "phosphorescence"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | fosforeshencë. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | التفسفر الوميض الفوسفوري. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | фосфоресценция. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | phosphorescens, fosforescens (after-glow). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | fosforescentie (after-glow). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | fosforesenssi. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | phosphorescence. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Phosphoreszenz (Phosphorescent), Nachleuchten (afterglow, luminesce, persistence). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | φωσφορισμόσ, φωσφορισμός, φθορισμός (fluorescence), Φωσφορισμός. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | זרחנות. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | villogás (glint), villódzás (glint), foszforeszkálás. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | fosforescenza (after-glow). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 燐光 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | りんこう (emperor's visit, facingthe harbor, people taking turns reading and explaining a book, phosphoric ore). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | sheelmarnee, luddan mea, lossan mea, lossan (aurora, blaze, flame, light). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | osphorescencephay fosforescência (phosphorescent), fosforejar, fluorescência (fluorescent). (various references) fosforescenţã. (various references) свечение (fluorescence, luminescence), фосфоресценция. (various references) fosforescentan. (various references) fosforescencia (Phosphorescent). (various references) fosforescens (afterglow). (various references) fosforlanma, fosfor gibi ışıldama. (various references) свічення (scintillation), фосфоресценція. (various references) hiện tượng lân quang. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "phosphorescence": phosphorescences. (additional references) | |
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"Phosphorescence" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: phosohorescence, phosphorescene, phosphorescience, phosphoresence. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "phosphorescence" (pronounced fÄ'sfere"suns) |
| 5 | -e" s u n s | acquiescence, adolescence, convalescence, essence, evanescence, luminescence, obsolescence, quintessence, senescence. |
| 4 | -s u n s | absence, beneficence, innocence, licence, license, nuisance, reconnaissance, reminiscence, reticence. |
| 3 | -u n s | abeyance, abhorrence, abstinence, abundance, acceptance, accordance, acquaintance, adherence, admirations, admittance, affluence, allegiance, alliance, allowance, ambiance, ambience, ambivalence, ambulance, annoyance, appearance, appliance, arrogance, ascendance, assistance, assurance, attendance, audience, avoidance, balance, belligerence, benevolence, bioscience, brilliance, cadence, capacitance, chrominance, circumference, clairvoyance, Clarence, clearance, coexistence, cognizance, coherence, coincidence, coinsurance, comeuppance, competence, compliance, concurrence, condolence, conference, confidence, confluence, conformance, congruence, connivance, conscience, consequence, consistence, continuance, contrivance, convenience, convergence, conveyance, correspondence, countenance, counterbalance, counterintelligence, credence, dalliance, decadence, Defeasance, deference, defiance, deliverance, dependence, deterrence, deviance, difference, diligence, disallowance, disappearance, discontinuance, disobedience, dissidence, dissonance, distance, disturbance, divergence, dominance, ebullience, elegance, eloquence, emergence, eminence, endurance, entrance, equivalence, evidence, excellence, existence, expedience, experience, extravagance, exuberance, flamboyance, Florence, forbearance, fragrance, furtherance, governance, grievance, guidance, hindrance, ignorance, imbalance, immanence, imminence, impatience, impedance, importance, impotence, imprudence, inadvertence, incidence, incoherence, incompetence, incontinence, inconvenience, independence, indifference, inductance, indulgence, inexperience, inference, influence, inheritance, insignificance, insistence, insolence, instance, insurance, intelligence, interdependence, interference, intolerance, intransigence, invariance, irrelevance, irreverence, issuance, jurisprudence, luminance, maintenance, malfeasance, negligence, neuroscience, noncompliance, noninterference, nonviolence, obedience, observance, occurrence, omnipotence, omnipresence, opulence, ordinance, Ordnance, overabundance, overconfidence, overdependence, overreliance, parlance, patience, penance, performance, permanence, persecutions, perseverance, persistence, pestilence, petulance, pittance, precedence, predominance, preeminence, preference, preponderance, prescience, presence, prevalence, prominence, protuberance, provenance, Providence, province, prudence, pseudoscience, radiance, reappearance, reassurance, recalcitrance, recognizance, recurrence, reemergence, reference, reinspections, reinsurance, relevance, reliance, reluctance, remembrance, remittance, repentance, resemblance, residence, resilience, resistance, resonance, resurgence, reverence, riddance, science, semblance, sentence, sequence, severance, significance, silence, submergence, subservience, subsidence, subsistence, substance, surveillance, sustenance, teleconference, temperance, tolerance, transcendence, transference, transience, turbulence, unbalance, utterance, Valence, variance, vehemence, vengeance, videoconference, vigilance, violence, virulence. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-c-e-e-e-h-h-n-o-o-p-p-r-s-s" | |
-3 letters: phosphoresce. | |
-4 letters: nephoscopes. | |
-5 letters: coherences, ecospheres, nephoscope, noospheres, phosphenes, phosphores. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-c-e-e-e-h-h-n-o-o-p-p-r-s-s" | |
+1 letter: phosphorescences. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 68 6F 73 70 68 6F 72 65 73 63 65 6E 63 65 |
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