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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An instrument for. measuring the duration of evanescent, phospho' resceuce in different substances.
- noun A philosophical toy consisting of glass tubes containing different phosphorescent substances and arranged in a box.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Physics) An apparatus for observing the phosphorescence produced in different bodies by the action of light, and for measuring its duration.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun physics, chemistry Any of several devices used to measure
phosphorescence , and to distinguish it fromfluorescence
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