Hypertext Webster Gateway: "phosphorescence"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Phosphorescence \Phos`phor*es"cence\, n. [Cf. F.
phosphorescence.]
1. The quality or state of being phosphorescent; or the act
of phosphorescing.
2. A phosphoric light.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
phosphorescence
n : a fluorescence that persists after the bombarding radiation
has ceased
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