phosphorescent

Etymology
From. It's interesting to note that phosphorus is not phosphorescent. Some phosphoric mixtures can be luminescent through chemical reactions, but none exhibit literal phosphorescence.

Adjective

 * 1) Having the property of emitting light for a period of time after the source of excitation is taken away, e.g., in electrostatic storage tubes and cathode-ray tubes.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: fosforescent
 * Czech: fosforeskující
 * Esperanto: fosforeska
 * Finnish: fosforoiva
 * French:
 * Galician: fosforescente
 * Greek:
 * Italian:
 * Occitan:
 * Polish: fosforescencyjny
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish:
 * Tagalog: mapospowanag
 * Welsh: ffosfforeddol

Noun

 * 1) A phosphorescent substance.

Etymology
From.