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phosphoroscope
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noun
an instrument for measuring the duration of evanescent phosphorescence in different substances.
Origin:
1855–60;
phosphoro-
+
-scope
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Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
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phosphoroscope
(fɒsˈfɒrəˌskəʊp)
—
n
an instrument for measuring the duration of phosphorescence after the source of radiation causing it has been removed
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
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