ultraviolet in English dictionary

  • ultraviolet

    Meanings and definitions of "ultraviolet"

    • of electromagnetic radiation beyond (higher in frequency than) light visible to the human eye; radiation with wavelengths from 380 nanometre - 10 nanometre
    • Ultraviolet colour.
    • adjective
      of electromagnetic radiation beyond (higher in frequency than) light visible to the human eye; radiation with wavelengths from 380 nanometre - 10 nanometre
    • noun
      Ultraviolet colour.
    • The invisible part of the light spectrum whose rays have wavelengths shorter than the violet end of the visible spectrum and longer than X rays.
    • Of electromagnetic radiation beyond (higher in frequency than) light visible to the human eye.
    • radiation with wavelengths from 380 nanometre - 10 nanometre
    • colour
    • adjective
      having or employing wavelengths shorter than light but longer than X-rays; lying outside the visible spectrum at its violet end; "ultraviolet radiation"; "an ultraviolet lamp"
    • noun
      radiation lying in the ultraviolet range; wave lengths shorter than light but longer than X rays

    Synonyms of "ultraviolet" in English dictionary

    actinic radiation, invisible, unseeable are the top synonyms of "ultraviolet" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of ultraviolet

    • ultraviolet ( comparative more ultraviolet, superlative most ultraviolet)
    • ultraviolet ( plural  ultraviolets)
    • ultraviolet (comparative more ultraviolet, superlative most ultraviolet)
    • ultraviolet (countable and uncountable, plural ultraviolets)
  • UltraViolet
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