Both Uses of
phosphorescence
in
Interview with the Vampire
- I saw a tiny glove on the door which was phosphorescent in the shadows, and for just a moment I thought it a tiny, severed hand.†
Part 1
- The lights of New Orleans grew small and dim until there appeared behind us only a pale phosphorescence against the lightening clouds.
Part 2 *phosphorescence = dim glowing light
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