All 6 Uses of
phosphorescence
in
The Old Man and the Sea
- He saw the phosphorescence of the Gulf weed in the water as he rowed over the part of the ocean that the fishermen called the great well because there was a sudden deep of seven hundred fathoms where all sorts of fish congregated because of the swirl the current made against the steep walls of the floor of the ocean.†
- The line showed like a phosphorescent streak in the water straight out from his shoulders.†
- It was the yellow Gulf weed that had made so much . phosphorescence in the night Fish, he said, .†
- They sank leaving a trail of phosphorescence in the water.†
- His hand was . phosphorescent from skinning the fish and he watched the flow of the water against it The flow was less strong and as he rubbed the side of his hand against the planking of the . skiff, particles of phosphorus floated off and drifted slowly astern He is tiring or he is resting, the old man said….†
- They came in a pack and he could only see the lines in the water that their fins made and their phosphorescence as they threw themselves on the fish.
*phosphorescence = dim glowing light
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