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PHOSPHOR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does phosphor mean?
• PHOSPHOR (noun)
The noun PHOSPHOR has 1 sense:
1. a synthetic substance that is fluorescent or phosphorescent; used to coat the screens of cathode ray tubes
Familiarity information: PHOSPHOR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A synthetic substance that is fluorescent or phosphorescent; used to coat the screens of cathode ray tubes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("phosphor" is a kind of...):
synthetic; synthetic substance (a compound made artificially by chemical reactions)
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