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Defenition of the word ultraviolet

    • Defenition of the word ultraviolet

      • 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.
      • 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"
      • radiation lying in the ultraviolet range; wave lengths shorter than light but longer than X rays
      • having or employing wavelengths shorter than light but longer than X-rays; lying outside the visible spectrum at its violet end

    Synonyms for the word ultraviolet

      • ultraviolet illumination
      • ultraviolet light
      • ultraviolet radiation
      • UV

    Similar words in the ultraviolet

      • invisible
      • unseeable

    Hyponyms for the word ultraviolet

      • sun-ray
      • sunray

    Hypernyms for the word ultraviolet

      • actinic radiation
      • actinic ray

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