From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Phosphorescence \Phos'phor*es"cence\, noun [Cf. F. phosphorescence.]
1. The quality or state of being phosphorescent; or the act of phosphorescing.
2. A phosphoric light.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: a fluorescence that persists after the bombarding radiation has ceased
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
28 Moby Thesaurus words for "phosphorescence": autoluminescence, bioluminescence, cathode luminescence, chemicoluminescence, chemiluminescence, corposant, crystalloluminescence, double corposant, electroluminescence, fata morgana, fluorescence, fox fire, ignis fatuus, luciferase, luciferin, luminescence, luminophor, marshfire, noctiluscence, phosphor, photoluminescence, radioluminescence, thermoluminescence, tribofluorescence, triboluminescence, tribophosphorescence, wisp, witch fire
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