'Phosphor' definitions:
Definition of 'phosphor'
(from WordNet)
noun
A synthetic substance that is fluorescent or phosphorescent; used to coat the screens of cathode ray tubes
Definition of 'Phosphor'
From: GCIDE
- Phosphor \Phos"phor\ (f[o^]s"f[^o]r or f[o^]s"f[o^]r), n. [Cf. G. phosphor. See Phosphorus.]
- 1. Phosphorus. [Obs.] --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The planet Venus, when appearing as the morning star; Lucifer. [Poetic and Rare] --Pope. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A phosphorescent substance. [archaic] [PJC]
- 4. 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. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'Phosphor'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- Aldebaran,
- Canicula,
- celestial body,
- comet,
- daystar,
- Dog Star,
- evening star,
- fixed stars,
- heavenly body,
- Hesper,
- Hesperus,
- living sapphires,
- lodestar,
- Lucifer,
- morning star,
- North Star,
- orb,
- Phosphorus,
- polar star,
- Polaris,
- polestar,
- Sirius,
- sphere,
- starry host,
- stars,
- Venus,
- Vesper
Synonyms of 'phosphor'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- autoluminescence,
- bioluminescence,
- candle fly,
- cathode luminescence,
- chemicoluminescence,
- chemiluminescence,
- corposant,
- crystalloluminescence,
- double corposant,
- electroluminescence,
- fata morgana,
- fire beetle,
- firefly,
- fireworm,
- fluorescence,
- fox fire,
- glowworm,
- ignis fatuus,
- lampyrid,
- lantern fly,
- lightning bug,
- luciferase,
- luciferin,
- luminescence,
- luminophor,
- marshfire,
- noctiluscence,
- phosphorescence,
- photoluminescence,
- radioluminescence,
- thermoluminescence,
- tribofluorescence,
- triboluminescence,
- tribophosphorescence,
- wisp,
- witch fire
Words containing 'Phosphor'
- Phosphorate,
- Phosphorated,
- Phosphorating,
- Phosphoreous,
- Phosphoric,
- Phosphorical,
- Phosphorize,
- Phosphorized,
- Phosphorous,
- Phosphor bronze,
- Phosphoric acid,
- phosphorous acid,
- Glacial phosphoric acid,
- Insoluble phosphoric acid,
- Phosphor-bronze,
- Reverted phosphoric acid,
- Soluble phosphoric acid,
- creatine phosphoric acid