Usually means: Glowing after exposure to light.
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  1. phosphorescent: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. phosphorescent: Merriam-Webster
  3. phosphorescent: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. phosphorescent: Collins English Dictionary
  5. phosphorescent: Vocabulary.com
  6. Phosphorescent, phosphorescent: Wordnik
  7. phosphorescent: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. phosphorescent: Wiktionary
  9. phosphorescent: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. phosphorescent: Dictionary.com
  11. phosphorescent: Online Etymology Dictionary
  12. phosphorescent: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  13. Phosphorescent (band), Phosphorescent: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Phosphorescent: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. phosphorescent: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. phosphorescent: Rhymezone
  17. Phosphorescent: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. phosphorescent: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  19. phosphorescent: FreeDictionary.org
  20. phosphorescent: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. phosphorescent: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. phosphorescent: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. phosphorescent: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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  3. phosphorescent: Medical dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Phosphorescent: Urban Dictionary

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▸ adjective:  Having the property of emitting light for a period of time after the source of excitation is taken away, e.g., in electrostatic storage tubes and cathode-ray tubes.
▸ noun:  A phosphorescent substance.

Similar:
light, electroluminescent, luminescent, photogenic, self-luminous, electroluscent, shining, light-sensitive, photoreleasable, shiny, more...

Opposite:
fluorescent

Phrases:
phosphorescent paint, The Phosphorescent Rat, more...

Adjectives:
peculiarly, rigid, more, highly, dark, intrinsically, less, only, gleam, small, waxlike
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Similar:
light, electroluminescent, luminescent, photogenic, self-luminous, electroluscent, shining, light-sensitive, photoreleasable, shiny, more...

Opposite:
fluorescent

Phrases:
phosphorescent paint, The Phosphorescent Rat, more...

Adjectives:
peculiarly, rigid, more, highly, dark, intrinsically, less, only, gleam, small, waxlike



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