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comparative more phosphorescent, superlative most phosphorescent
Having the property of emitting light for a period of time after the source of excitation is taken away, e.g., in electrostatic storage tubes and cathode-ray tubes. quotations examples
So he imports this special breed of scorpions and feeds them on metal meal and the scorpions turned a phosphorescent blue color and sort of hummed.
1966 , William S. Burroughs, The Soft Machine (The Nova Trilogy), New York: Grove Press, page 11
plural phosphorescents
A phosphorescent substance. examples