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Phosphor definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PHOS'PHOR, n. [Gr. light, to shine, and to bring. See Phosphorus.]
The morning star or Lucifer; Venus, when it precedes the sun and shines in the morning. In this sense, it is also written Phosphorus.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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

Merriam Webster's

also phosphore noun Etymology: Latin phosphorus, from Greek ph?sphoros, literally, light bringer, from ph?sphoros light-bearing, from ph?s light + pherein to carry, bring — more at fancy, bear Date: 1705 1. a phosphorescent substance 2. a luminescent substance that emits light when excited by radiation (as electrons) and is used especially in fluorescent lamps and cathode-ray tubes

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 = PHOSPHORUS. 2 a synthetic fluorescent or phosphorescent substance esp. used in cathode-ray tubes. Phrases and idioms: phosphor bronze a tough hard bronze alloy containing a small amount of phosphorus, used esp. for bearings. Etymology: G f. L phosphorus PHOSPHORUS

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Phosphor Phos"phor, n. [Cf. G. phosphor. See Phosphorus.] 1. Phosphorus. [Obs.] --Addison. 2. The planet Venus, when appearing as the morning star; Lucifer. [Poetic] --Pope. Tennyson.

Moby Thesaurus

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

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