Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chlorophane

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: chloro-phane
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A variety of fluorspar, which, when heated, gives a striking emerald-green light.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The yellowish-green pigment in the inner segment of the cones of the retina.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"CHLOROPHANE. The Amelia Court House, Va., locality yields a bluegreen fluorescing chlorophane. Kunz and Baskerville qualitatively studied the emission from Chlorophane in 1903. (See also the discussion for Fluorite which is also […]"
"Chlorophane is the name given to those varieties of Fluorite (Fluorspar Calcium Fluoride), which possess to a noticeable extent the property of “thermo-luminosity ," that is to say, of spontaneous_' emitting light when heated. The temperature […]"
"the light from chlorophane is incomparably less intense than that from a common lamp. For there can be no doubt that each of the ten discharges gave a light which lasted brilliantly for six seconds, and upon the whole was equal in duration […]"

Etymology

From chloro- + -phane. Compare French chlorophane.

Usage

Inflected Forms

chlorophanes (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

chromophane

Questions

What does chlorophane mean?: A variety of fluorspar, which, when heated, gives a striking emerald-green light.
Where does chlorophane come from?: From chloro- + -phane. Compare French chlorophane.

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