Associations to the word «Phosphorescence»

Wiktionary

PHOSPHORESCENCE, noun. The emission of light without any perceptible heat; the quality of being phosphorescent.

Dictionary definition

PHOSPHORESCENCE, noun. A fluorescence that persists after the bombarding radiation has ceased.

Wise words

Words are but symbols for the relations of things to one another and to us; nowhere do they touch upon absolute truth.
Friedrich Nietzsche