Phosphorescent vs Photuria - What's the difference?
phosphorescent | photuria |
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
Luminous or phosphorescent urine.
* 1855 : John Watt and Charles Watt [eds.], The Chemist , volume 2,
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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)- 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 *phosphorescentlyphoturia
English
Noun
(-)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]
??''Path. ?? urine. * “
†photuria, n.'']” listed in the ''Oxford English Dictionary'' [draft revision; Dec. 2008]
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