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noun

Phosphor n.

Phosphorus. (Obs.)

The planet Venus, when appearing as the morning star; Lucifer. (Poetic and Rare)

A phosphorescent substance. (archaic)

A substance capable of exhibiting luminescence. This term is now most commonly used to refer to substances used in fluorescent lights, image intensifiers, or cathode-ray tubes (CRT's), which luminesce when excited by ultraviolet radiation or an electron beam. In color CRT's, three different phosphors, each giving different colors when excited, are used.

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Etymology of 'Phosphor'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... Air, Earth, and Sea. The twelve hours of the night show "Aeolus subduing the Winds," the "Descent of the Zephyrs," "Iris descending with the Dew," "Night rising with the Stars," "The Rising Moon," "The Hour's Sleep," "The Dreams Descend," "The Falling Star," "Phosphor and Hesper," "The Hours Wake," "Aurora Veils the Stars," and "Morning." More than eighty figures are in the nineteen bas-reliefs. Miss Hosmer has done other important works, among them a statue of the beautiful Queen ...

— Lives of Girls Who Became Famous • Sarah Knowles Bolton

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