Phosphorescence
[,fɒsfə'res(ə)ns] or [,fɑsfə'rɛsns]
Definition
(noun.) a fluorescence that persists after the bombarding radiation has ceased.
Typed by Dewey--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The quality or state of being phosphorescent; or the act of phosphorescing.
(n.) A phosphoric light.
Typist: Murray