See Also: Phosphor(medicine)
phosphor(dictionary)
phosphor plate(medicine)
phosphor-bronze(medicine)
photostimulable phosphor(medicine)

phosphor (iou)



phosphor noun. E17.
[Latin PHOSPHORUS.]
(Phosphor.) = LUCIFER 1. Now poet. E17.
A phosphorescent or fluorescent substance, esp. a synthetic solid one. E18.
Fiction Magazine I watch my thoughts appear..in the green dancing of the phosphor on the monitor screen.
The element phosphorus. Only in comb. L19.
Comb.: phosphor bronze a strong, easily worked bronze containing added phosphorus as a deoxidizer.