phosphor

4 definitions found

phosphor - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
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     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]

phosphor - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  phosphor
      n 1: a synthetic substance that is fluorescent or
           phosphorescent; used to coat the screens of cathode ray
           tubes

phosphor - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  36 Moby Thesaurus words for "phosphor":
     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
  
  

  27 Moby Thesaurus words for "Phosphor":
     Aldebaran, Canicula, Dog Star, Hesper, Hesperus, Lucifer,
     North Star, Phosphorus, Polaris, Sirius, Venus, Vesper,
     celestial body, comet, daystar, evening star, fixed stars,
     heavenly body, living sapphires, lodestar, morning star, orb,
     polar star, polestar, sphere, starry host, stars