Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A substance that exhibits phosphorescence.
- n. The phosphorescent coating inside the screen of a cathode-ray tube.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The morning star, or Lucifer; the planet Venus, when it precedes the sun and shines in the morning.
- n. [lowercase] Phosphorus.
Wiktionary
- n. Any of various compounds of transition metals or of rare earths that exhibits phosphorescence.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. Phosphorus.
- n. The planet Venus, when appearing as the morning star; Lucifer.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a synthetic substance that is fluorescent or phosphorescent; used to coat the screens of cathode ray tubes
Etymologies
- Latin Phōsphorus, the morning star; see phosphorus.
Examples
“Some of you (assuming there is a "you" out there in phosphor land) may have read the FIRESTAR 4-book trilogy.”
“Philips is noting it had to call in the scientists to perfect the remote "phosphor" technology (the magic that makes these units glow in soft white colors) in the new white LEDs inside the Endura bulbs, as well as working to get the optical light-casting performance of the bulbs up to standard.”
“The glow comes from phosphor which is contained in the paper, which locks in the light after exposure to it, The Daily Telegraph reported.”
“phosphor" bombs on the central UNITA stronghold of Huambo Friday.”
“I don't how they can have 'phosphor' in a 'clear' green LED package?”
“On Wednesday defendant went to Bow Police Station and stated that he had swallowed a quantity of phosphor paste, as he was hard up and unable to obtain work.”
“Plastic bearings have long been used on the pistons to avoid the possibility of metal-to-metal pick up; however s.g. iron bearings were commonly used on both chrome-plated and phosphor-bronze plated rod finishes.”
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A collection of words found in English that are either purely Greek or have Greek etymology.
Please add with caution and certainty. Will be regularly updated by me.etymology, philosophy, laconic, disharmony, patriarchic, archaic, phlogiston, aether, aeon, angel, arachnid, rhythm and 322 more...
bilby "She was beauteous, she was sinfully fascinating. Eyes like raw silk, arms of amber! Just one glance from her was as seductive as a kiss; and when she called me, her voice darted like a wine-ray right into my soul’s phosphor."
- Knut Hamsun, 'Hunger'. Jul 25, 2009
reesetee In stamp collecting, phosphor is printed on stamps to help automated machines process mail; the machine is designed to react to the phosphor under ultraviolet light. The process, called tagging, originated in Great Britain in 1959; many countries now use it. Aug 26, 2008