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He would watch for the telltale disturbance of phosphorescence in the water which meant the fish were rising on the ebb tide.
The terms fluorescence and phosphorescence refer to specific characteristics of luminescent transitions.
A large cavern, lit only by the faintest glimmer of phosphorescence was exposed, a vast lake in the centre.
We are cautioned against confusing bioluminescence with fluorescence and phosphorescence.
At night, the phosphorescence looks as if all the constellations in the inky sky have fallen into the deep.
Now only the stars have been netted in the casuarinas and the surf snarls with eerie phosphorescence as if glowing with spectral fires.
A large cavern, lit only by the faintest glimmer of phosphorescence, was exposed, a vast lake in the centre.
A sparkling phosphorescence blossomed out through the water from where they hit the water, and the pool was lit with a strange iridescence.
Sunset faded and the mainland lights fell away, surges of phosphorescence began to show.
One piece of ore that missed the smelter contained some secondary willemite with a very long phosphorescence.
Thus, thought Becquerel, he had extended his discovery of long-lived phosphorescence to metals.
A beautiful hole, but it was still a hole when you stripped away all the velvet and phosphorescence.
Since that time, phosphorescence has been used to describe substances that shine in the dark without burning.
There are many familiar examples of fluorescence and phosphorescence in our daily lives.
I stared silently out the window as an eerie aura of phosphorescence crowned the long rows of waves crashing onto the beach under the moonlight.
As early as 1670, a French scientist, observed a bluish phosphorescence in the Torricellian vacuum of a barometer, after the mercury column had been shaken up and down.
The light from the firefly is an example of phosphorescence.
Tugtupite fluoresces intense deep red under SW and LW, and displays weak pink phosphorescence for short periods.
It fluoresces intense greenish-yellow under SW, and pale yellow under LW and retains a faint bluish-green phosphorescence.
It fluoresces intense orange to orange-red under SW and LW and displays strong yellowish white phosphorescence for a short period.
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Examples from Classical Literature
But it was not there alone that the phosphorescence of the sea was visible.
Indeed, ordinary light never has the effect of causing luminescence in the same sense as it causes phosphorescence of cas.
The water was alive with phosphorescence that sparkled like gems around the blades.
It could be seen by the phosphorescence its motion created, as it approached the surface.
But if such sights are to be seen on the surface, what must not be the phosphorescence of the depths!
The phosphorescence of the sea is a spectacle at once imposing and magnificent.
From time immemorial, the phosphorescence of the sea has been observed by navigators.
About the spot where the pteranodon had fallen glittered little flashes of phosphorescence.
The tunnel was illumined by a dim phosphorescence from the rocks.
Sometimes I tried to pierce the intense darkness that was only dispelled by the phosphorescence caused by our movements.
As on the previous night, the sea was aglow with phosphorescence.
He could see large patches of phosphorescence under the surface.
The phosphorescence flashed in the swirl of the water all about his limbs, his other hand seized the ladder.
The phosphorescence of the sea may also result from another cause.
The phosphorescence was not unlike the ineffectual fire of the glowworm.
As the sun went down, the gale freshened into an absolute hurricane, and the ocean beneath was clearly visible on account of its phosphorescence.
I leaned over and watched the play of his feet, growing dim and dimmer, as they stirred the wan phosphorescence into ghostly fires.
We all followed his movements with our eyes, for undoubtedly some nervousness was growing on us, and we saw a whole mass of phosphorescence, which twinkled like stars.
I have a sort of hobby about what they call 'phenomena of phosphorescence.
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