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What is the adjective for phosphorescent?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs phosphorate, phosphoresce, phosphorise and phosphorize which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

phosphoric
  1. (chemistry) Of or pertaining to phosphorus.
  2. Resembling phosphorus.
  3. (chemistry) Of a compound, containing phosphorus in a higher oxidation number than phosphorous compounds, especially with one of 5.
  4. Synonyms:
      5. phosphorous
  5. Examples:
      6. “The chemist conducted an experiment using a phosphoric compound to study the impact of phosphorus on plant growth.”
      “Glauber created a mixture of saltpeter, lime, phosphoric acid, nitrogen and potash which was the first completely mineral fertilizer.”
      “Further, electrolytic polishing in a phosphoric acid solution or polishing with a buff can be conducted instead of the chemical polishing.”
phosphorous
  1. (chemistry) Of or pertaining to phosphorus.
  2. Resembling phosphorus.
  3. (chemistry) Of relating to or containing trivalent phosphorus.
  4. Synonyms:
      5. phosphoric
  5. Examples:
      6. “The phosphorous compound was utilized in the laboratory to study the reactivity of phosphorus.”
      “Nitriles are formed by heating amides with phosphorous pentoxide or by treating organic halogen compounds with sodium cyanide.”
      “In addition, the effects of elements such as sulfur and phosphorous from dilution can be a source of trouble.”
phosphoreal
  1. (obsolete) of or relating to phosphorus
  2. (dated) phosphorescent, glowing
phosphorescent
  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.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. bright, shining, light, brilliant, vivid, blazing, dazzling, beaming, intense, glaring, sparkling, flashing, glittering, scintillating, gleaming, glowing, aglow, twinkling, flickering, glistening, shimmering, luminous, luminescent, radiant, incandescent, fluorescent, shiny, lustrous, glossy, sheeny, polished, varnished, irradiant, lucent, effulgent, refulgent, fulgent, lucid, glistering, coruscating, lambent, fulgurant, fulgurating, fulgurous, glimmering, glittery, iridescent, bedazzling, candescent, splendid … more
phosphorian
  1. (mineralogy) Describing minerals containing phosphorus (especially when this replaces another element)
phosphorized
  1. Of a substance, having been combined or treated with phosphorous.
phosphorial
  1. Alternative spelling of phosphoreal
phosphorogenic
  1. Generating phosphorescence.
phosphoretic
  1. exhibiting phosphorescence
phosphorated
  1. Reacted or treated with phosphorus
phosphoriferous
  1. containing, or yielding phosphorus
phosphorical
  1. Archaic form of phosphoric.
phosphorent
  1. (rare) phosphorescent
phosphoreous
  1. (obsolete) phosphorescent
phosphoruslike
  1. (chemistry) Resembling phosphorus.
phosphorless
  1. Without phosphor.
phosphorating
  1. present participle of phosphorate
phosphoresced
  1. simple past tense and past participle of phosphoresce
  2. Synonyms:
      3. glimmered, gleamed, twinkled, sparkled, flashed, shimmered, glittered, glinted, glistened, shone, shined, scintillated, winked, coruscated, flickered, glistered, glowed, glanced, flamed, lustered, lustred, spangled, blinked, winkled, incandesced, effulged, fulgurated, luminesced, sparked, reflected, caught the light, glared, flared, blazed, radiated, dazzled, beamed, fluoresced, burnt, burned, reflected light, bedazzled, shed a glow of, lit, lighted, kindled, sheened, illumined, irradiated, rayed … more
phosphorescing
  1. present participle of phosphoresce
  2. Synonyms:
      3. glimmering, gleaming, twinkling, sparkling, flashing, shimmering, glittering, glinting, glistening, shining, scintillating, winking, coruscating, flickering, glistering, glowing, glancing, flaming, lustering, lustring, spangling, blinking, winkling, incandescing, effulging, fulgurating, luminescing, sparking, reflecting, catching the light, glaring, flaring, blazing, radiating, dazzling, beaming, fluorescing, burning, reflecting light, bedazzling, lighting, sheening, dancing, giving off sparks, kindling, lighting up, illuminating, illumining, irradiating, raying … more
phosphorised
  1. simple past tense and past participle of phosphorise
phosphorising
  1. present participle of phosphorise
phosphorizing
  1. present participle of phosphorize
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