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Ultraviolet - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Ultraviolet : adj : 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)
1: radiation lying in the ultraviolet range; wave lengths
shorter than light but longer than X rays [syn: ultraviolet
radiation, ultraviolet light, ultraviolet
illumination, UV]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Ultraviolet : \Ul`tra*vi"o*let\, a. [Pref. ultra- _ violet.]
(Physics)
Lying outside the visible spectrum at its violet end; -- said
of rays more refrangible than the extreme violet rays of the
spectrum.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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