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phosphor
1[ fos-fer, -fawr ]
noun
- any of a number of substances that exhibit luminescence when struck by light of certain wavelengths, as by ultraviolet.
- Literary. a phosphorescent substance.
adjective
- Archaic. phosphorescent.
Phosphor
2[ fos-fer, -fawr ]
noun
- the morning star, especially Venus.
phosphor-
3- variant of phosphoro- before a vowel:
phosphorate.
phosphor
/ ˈ´ÚÉ’²õ´ÚÉ™ /
noun
- a substance, such as the coating on a cathode-ray tube, capable of emitting light when irradiated with particles or electromagnetic radiation
phosphor
/ ´ÚŲõ′´ÚÉ™°ù /
- Any of various substances that can emit light after absorbing some form of radiation. Television screens and fluorescent lamp tubes are coated on the inside with phosphors.
- See Note at cathode-ray tube
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of phosphor1
Example Sentences
This performance is 5.6 times as high as that observed in previous studies using the same phosphor.
In discarded fluorescent lighting, mixtures of rare-earth-based phosphors, the substances that contribute to a light's color, are found in a thin coating inside the bulb.
While currently white light is achieved by phosphor down-conversion, LED color mixing actually has a higher theoretical maximum efficiency, which is needed in order to achieve the 2035 DOE energy efficiency goals.
Like conventional bulbs, they produced white light by converting some of the blue light into red and green with the help of phosphors encased in the bulbs.
The blue light is just adjusted using materials called phosphors.
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