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nouna synthetic substance that is fluorescent or phosphorescent; used to coat the screens of cathode ray tubestype of:
Definition that contains phosphor
- base a phosphoric ester of a nucleoside; the basic structural unit of nucleic acids (DNA or RNA)
- quench reduce the degree of (luminescence or phosphorescence) in (excited molecules or a material) by adding a suitable substance
- rickets childhood disease caused by deficiency of vitamin D and sunlight associated with impaired metabolism of calcium and phosphorus
- phosphorous containing or characteristic of phosphorus
- crt a vacuum tube in which a hot cathode emits a beam of electrons that pass through a high voltage anode and are focused or deflected before hitting a phosphorescent screen
- phosphate a salt of phosphoric acid
- phosphate carbonated drink with fruit syrup and a little phosphoric acid
- phosphorescent emitting light without appreciable heat as by slow oxidation of phosphorous
- scintillation (physics) a flash of light that is produced in a phosphor when it absorbs a photon or ionizing particle
- apatite a common complex mineral consisting of calcium fluoride phosphate or calcium chloride phosphate; a source of phosphorus