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Phosphorescent vs Photuria - What's the difference?

phosphorescent | photuria |

As nouns the difference between phosphorescent and photuria

is that phosphorescent is a phosphorescent substance while photuria is luminous or phosphorescent urine.

As an adjective phosphorescent

is having the property of emitting light for a period of time after the source of excitation is taken away, eg, in electrostatic storage tubes and cathode-ray tubes.

phosphorescent

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Having the property of emitting light for a period of time after the source of excitation is taken away, e.g., in electrostatic storage tubes and cathode-ray tubes.
  • * 1961 , William S. Burroughs, The Soft Machine , page 11
  • So he imports this special breed of scorpions and feeds them on metal meal and the scorpions turned a phosphorescent blue color and sort of hummed.

    Derived terms

    *phosphorescence *phosphorescently

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A phosphorescent substance.
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    photuria

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • Luminous or phosphorescent urine.
  • * 1855 : John Watt and Charles Watt [eds.], The Chemist , volume 2, page 695
  • Various animal matters possess an acid reaction; urine, sweat, some portions of dead bodies, whether of men or animals have been luminous, and the presence of this microscopic algæ is the long mistaken cause of photuria .

    References

    * “ ?photuria]” listed in the '' [2nd Ed.; 1989]
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