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Webster 1913 Edition


Phosphor

Phos′phor

(fŏs′fôr or fŏs′fŏr)
,
Noun.
[Cf. G.
phosphor
. See
Phosphorus
.]
1.
Phosphorus.
[Obs.]
Addison.
2.
The planet Venus, when appearing as the morning star; Lucifer.
[Poetic and Rare]
Pope.
Tennyson.

Webster 1828 Edition


Phosphor

PHOS'PHOR

,
Noun.
[Gr. light, to shine, and to bring. See Phosphorus.]
The morning star or Lucifer; Venus, when it precedes the sun and shines in the morning. In this sense, it is also written Phosphorus.

Definition 2024


Phosphor

Phosphor

See also: phosphor

English

Proper noun

Phosphor

  1. Alternative spelling of Phosphorus (the planet Venus, as the morning star)
    • 1960, Barth, John, The Sot-Weed Factor, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, OCLC 1432878, page 518:
      Anna likened you to Phosphor, the morning star, and herself to Hesper, the mortal star of evening, and when I told her those twin stars were one and the same, and not a star at all but the planet Venus, []
    • For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:Phosphor.

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɔsfoɐ/

Noun

Phosphor m (genitive Phosphors, no plural)

  1. phosphorus
  2. phosphor

Related terms

  • phosphoreszieren

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Luxembourgish

Noun

Phosphor ? (uncountable)

  1. phosphorus

phosphor

phosphor

See also: Phosphor

English

Noun

phosphor (plural phosphors)

  1. (chemistry) Any of various compounds of transition metals or of rare earths that exhibit phosphorescence.

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