phosphorescence (Crossword)

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  1. Fluorescence
  2. Ignis fatuus

Definitions of “phosphorescence”
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• Popularly misused as a term for biological luminescence
• (The Tempest) a continuing luminescence without noticeable heat
• Emission of light by certain substances after they have absorbed energy
• The emission of light in darkness by the release of absorbed radiation
• A fluorescence that persists after the bombarding radiation has ceased
• Luminescence that continues for an appreciable time after excitation
• Phosphorescence is a specific type of photoluminescence related to fluorescence
• Luminescence that continues after the source of excitation has been removed
• Spontaneous emission persists for a long time after the exciting radiation ceases
• A continuing glow exhibited by some gemstones after thesource of illumination has been removed
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