Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (1)
1.
emitting light without appreciable heat as by slow oxidation of phosphorous;
- Example: "the phosphorescent glow of decaying wood"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Phosphorescent \Phos`phor*es"cent\, a. [Cf. F. phosphorescent.]
Shining with a phosphoric light; emitting phosphorescence;
luminous without sensible heat. -- n. A phosphorescent
substance.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
phosphorescent
adj 1: emitting light without appreciable heat as by slow
oxidation of phosphorous; "the phosphorescent glow of
decaying wood"