Both Uses of
phosphorescence
in
Fahrenheit 451
- Beatty's pink phosphorescent cheeks glimmered in the high darkness, and he was smiling furiously.†
p. 106..5 *
- He was a phosphorescent target; he knew it, he felt it.†
p. 119..9
Definition:
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(phosphorescence) a dim glowing light
or more technically: a fluorescence (dim light) created by a chemical reaction within a living organism; or a dim light that continues to shine from something after the bombarding radiation (stronger light that fell upon it) has ceased