Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PHOS-PHOR-ES'CENCE
PHOS-PHOR-ESCEPHOS-PHOR-ES'CENT
PHOS-PHOR-ES'CENCE, n.
A faint light or luminousness of a body, unaccompanied with sensible heat. It is exhibited by certain animals, as well as by vegetable and mineral substances.
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