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発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˌfɒs.fəˈɹɛs.əns/
• (General American) IPA: /ˌfɑs.fəˈɹɛs.əns/
• Homophone: phosphorescents

名詞

phosphorescence (countable and uncountable, plural phosphorescences)

1. The emission of light without any perceptible heat; the quality of being phosphorescent.
   • 1846, (unknown), “On the Theory of Photographic Action”, in Scientific American‎, volume 2, number 13, page 104:

     Mr. Nott proceeded to say that "since the discovery of Photography, there is, perhaps, no branch of electrical physics more interest­ing than that which comprehends the pheno­mena of phosphorescence."

   • 2002, Barbara Vine, Grasshopper, page 138:

     We saw a round red sun rise over the City, paint the glassy towers with phosphorescence and, as it brightened and lost its shape, sprinkle across the sky feathers of pink and lilac.

派生語

参考

• phosphorescence on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• luminescence