phosphenes - noun - ring of light produced by pressure on eyeball
I am convinced that there is a term for everything in the English language. What is fascinating is that according to Englishlive.ef.com, there are over a million words, 170,000 are in use, but a person only uses about 20 to 30 thousand, which sounds on the high side to me. With a million available, one thing is for sure. Collectors of the lexicon like me will never run out of vocabulary to feature. And the rest of the population will never run out of words to manipulate to its advantage.
Yet I digress. Let's look at today's word: phosphenes. A similar word, obviously derived from the same source, is phosphorescence, which also refers to light being emitted from a source. I suppose if we are curious, we can rub our eyes to see the light show, the kaleidoscopic stars and colors produced. To piggyback off of John Mayer, very component of our bodies is truly a wonderland. To think that we have so many wondrous words as well to define and describe the phenomena is pretty awesome as well.
On this Monday, see the light and follow it to discoveries beyond your imagination.
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