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:
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
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