HyperDic: ultraviolet

English > 2 senses of the word ultraviolet:
NOUNphenomenonultraviolet, ultraviolet radiation, ultraviolet light, ultraviolet illumination, UVradiation lying in the ultraviolet range
ADJECTIVEallultraviolethaving or employing wavelengths shorter than light but longer than X-rays
ultraviolet > pronunciation
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English > ultraviolet: 2 senses > adjective 1
MeaningHaving or employing wavelengths shorter than light but longer than X-rays; lying outside the visible spectrum at its violet end.
Examples
  • "ultraviolet radiation"
  • "an ultraviolet lamp"
Broaderinvisible, unseeableimpossible or nearly impossible to see
Spanishultravioleta
Catalanultraviolat, ultravioleta
Nounsultravioletradiation lying in the ultraviolet range
English > ultraviolet: 2 senses > noun 1, phenomenon
MeaningRadiation lying in the ultraviolet range; wave lengths shorter than light but longer than X rays.
Synonymsultraviolet radiation, ultraviolet light, ultraviolet illumination, UV
Narrowersunray, sun-rayA ray of artificial ultraviolet light from a sunray lamp
Broaderactinic radiation, actinic rayelectromagnetic radiation that can produce photochemical reactions
Spanishiluminación ultravioleta, luz ultravioleta, radiación ultravioleta, rayos ultravioleta, ultravioleta
Catalanraigs ultraviolats, ultraviolat
Adjectivesultraviolethaving or employing wavelengths shorter than light but longer than X-rays

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