Phosphorescent
adjective
Giving off light without heat, like some types of paint or sea creatures do.
The glow-in-the-dark stickers are phosphorescent.
Often appears as...
- phosphorescent glow
- phosphorescent paint
adjective
Showing a very special kind of brightness that lasts for a long time.
Her phosphorescent enthusiasm for her new job was contagious.
Often appears as...
- phosphorescent enthusiasm
- phosphorescent passion
Usage tips
Approving
adjective
Being bright and attention-grabbing in an exaggerated or artificial way.
The neon signs on the Las Vegas strip are phosphorescent.
Often appears as...
- phosphorescent neon
- phosphorescent advertising
Usage tips
Disapproving
adjective
Giving off light without heat, like some types of paint or sea creatures do.
The glow-in-the-dark stickers are phosphorescent.
Often appears as...
- phosphorescent glow
- phosphorescent paint
adjective
Showing a very special kind of brightness that lasts for a long time.
Her phosphorescent enthusiasm for her new job was contagious.
Often appears as...
- phosphorescent enthusiasm
- phosphorescent passion
Usage tips
Approving
adjective
Being bright and attention-grabbing in an exaggerated or artificial way.
The neon signs on the Las Vegas strip are phosphorescent.
Often appears as...
- phosphorescent neon
- phosphorescent advertising
Usage tips
Disapproving
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Glow Persistence
The term implies a lasting glow, which continues without an external light source.
The phosphorescent stars on the ceiling shimmered all night.
Pro Tip 2/3Safety Use
Phosphorescent materials are used for safety signs because they can be seen in the dark.
Exit signs use phosphorescent paint to glow during a power outage.
Pro Tip 3/3No Heat Involved
Understand that phosphorescent objects do not get warm, unlike objects that give off light due to heat.
Despite its bright glow, the phosphorescent material stayed cool to the touch.
Pro Tip 1/3Glow Persistence
The term implies a lasting glow, which continues without an external light source.
The phosphorescent stars on the ceiling shimmered all night.
Pro Tip 2/3Safety Use
Phosphorescent materials are used for safety signs because they can be seen in the dark.
Exit signs use phosphorescent paint to glow during a power outage.
Pro Tip 3/3No Heat Involved
Understand that phosphorescent objects do not get warm, unlike objects that give off light due to heat.
Despite its bright glow, the phosphorescent material stayed cool to the touch.
Pro Tip 1/3Glow Persistence
The term implies a lasting glow, which continues without an external light source.
The phosphorescent stars on the ceiling shimmered all night.
Pro Tip 2/3Safety Use
Phosphorescent materials are used for safety signs because they can be seen in the dark.
Exit signs use phosphorescent paint to glow during a power outage.
Pro Tip 3/3No Heat Involved
Understand that phosphorescent objects do not get warm, unlike objects that give off light due to heat.
Despite its bright glow, the phosphorescent material stayed cool to the touch.
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Video examples
Ed Ulbrich: How Benjamin...
and use this Contour process, and we could stipple on this phosphorescent makeup and put him under the black lights, and we could, in fact, scan him in real time performing Ekman's FACS poses. Right? So, effectively, we ended up with a 3D database
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What’s a smartphone made...
and are found in many areas across the world in low concentrations. These elements have a huge range of magnetic, phosphorescent, and conductive properties that make them crucial to modern technologies.
Video examples
Ed Ulbrich: How Benjamin...
and use this Contour process, and we could stipple on this phosphorescent makeup and put him under the black lights, and we could, in fact, scan him in real time performing Ekman's FACS poses. Right? So, effectively, we ended up with a 3D database
Video examples
What’s a smartphone made...
and are found in many areas across the world in low concentrations. These elements have a huge range of magnetic, phosphorescent, and conductive properties that make them crucial to modern technologies.
Example 1 of 2
Quote examples
Wilhelm Wien
German Physicist
Since we can produce all types of light by means of hot bodies, we can ascribe, to the radiation in thermal equilibrium with hot bodies, the temperature of these bodies, and thus every radiation, even that issuing from a phosphorescent body, has a certain temperature for every colour.
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James Wolcott
American Critic
I never accepted why there should be some invisible, wavy cutoff line separating Great Fiction from phosphorescent beauties and dollhouse miniatures, novels that contain a whole world in a snow globe.
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Wilhelm Wien
German Physicist
Since we can produce all types of light by means of hot bodies, we can ascribe, to the radiation in thermal equilibrium with hot bodies, the temperature of these bodies, and thus every radiation, even that issuing from a phosphorescent body, has a certain temperature for every colour.
Quote examples
James Wolcott
American Critic
I never accepted why there should be some invisible, wavy cutoff line separating Great Fiction from phosphorescent beauties and dollhouse miniatures, novels that contain a whole world in a snow globe.
Example 1 of 2
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