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Ultraviolet light   /ˌəltrəvˈaɪəlɪt laɪt/   Listen
Ultraviolet light

noun
1.
Radiation lying in the ultraviolet range; wave lengths shorter than light but longer than X rays.  Synonyms: ultraviolet, ultraviolet illumination, ultraviolet radiation, UV.





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"Ultraviolet light" Quotes from Famous Books



... is given out by many of the transmuting elements:—the y-ray. This is not material, it is ethereal. It is known now with certainty that the y-ray is in kind identical with light, but of very much shorter wave length than even the extreme ultraviolet light of the solar spectrum. The y-ray is flashed from the transmuting atom along with the ss-ray. It is identical in character with the x-ray but of even shorter ...
— The Birth-Time of the World and Other Scientific Essays • J. (John) Joly


Words linked to "Ultraviolet light" :   actinic ray, ultraviolet radiation, sun-ray, actinic radiation, sunray


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