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Definition: Visible Radiation |
Visible RadiationNoun1. (physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation; "the light was filtered through a soft glass window". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Aerospace | Electromagnetic radiation lying within the wavelength interval to which the human eye is sensitive, the spectral interval from approximately 0.4 to 0.7 micron (4000 to 7000 angstroms).The term is without reference to the variable response of the human eye in its reception of radiation. (references) |
Energy | The visible portion of the electromagnetic spectrum with wavelengths from 0.4 to 0.76 microns. (references) |
Physics | Any radiation capable of causing a visual sensation directly. Source: European Union. (references) |
Solar | The range of radiation wavelengths which is visible to the human eye; goes from red to violet and then enters the ultraviolet part of the spectrum. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: Visible RadiationSynonyms: light (n), visible light (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Visible Radiation |
| English words defined with "visible radiation": fluorescent lamp ♦ infrared, infrared emission, infrared frequency, infrared light, infrared radiation, infrared ♦ light unit ♦ radiogram, radiograph, radiography ♦ shadowgraph, skiagram, skiagraph, skiagraphy, source of illumination. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "visible radiation": Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer ♦ black body, blackbody ♦ cyanometry ♦ false color film, FILM TYPES, Fluorescent Light, forward looking infra red ♦ Hubble Space Telescope ♦ infra-red lamp, Infra-red radiation ♦ Longwave Radiation, luminous efficiency, luminous emittance ♦ near infrared ♦ optical coupler, optical fiber coupler, optical fibre coupler, Optical Radiation, Oxidants, Photochemical ♦ photoelectric effect, photoluminescence, processed film ♦ röntgen rays, roentgen rays ♦ short-wave radiation, silver halide process ♦ Thermoluminescent dosimeter ♦ Ultraviolet Therapy ♦ X-rays. (references) |
| Language | Translations for "visible radiation"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | synlig stråling (light). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | zichtbare straling (light), licht (bright, clear, easy, facile, faint, headlamp, insubstantial, lamp, light, lightly, shallow, slight, superficial, weak, weakly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | valo (light, lighting), näkyvä säteily (light). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | rayonnement visible, lumière. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | sichtbare Strahlung (light), Licht (bright, candela, candle, candlepower, clear, genius, lamp, light, sparse, thin). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | φως (light), ορατή ακτινοβολία (light). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | radiazione visibile (light), radiazione ottica (light), luce (admittance, aperture for day light only on sufferance by the neighbour, glare, headlamp, lamp, leaf, light, light aspect, light in color, light in colour, opening, passage, signal light, span, theoretical span, waterway, window, work clearance). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | isiblevay adiationray radiação visível (light), luz (candle, day, headlamp, illumination, lamp, light, light aspect, light in color, light in colour, low, shine, signal light, torch). (various references) radiación visible (light), luz (daylight, elimination, flaunt, glow, headlamp, hole, kill-devil, lamp, light, light aspect, light in color, light in colour, oil hole, opening, orifice, signal light, span). (various references) synlig strålning (light), ljus (blond, bright, candela, candle, candlepower, clear, fair, fair-haired, gay, glim, light, lights, lightsome, lucid, luminary, luminous, pale). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-b-d-e-i-i-i-i-l-n-o-r-s-t-v" | |
-3 letters: adorabilities, drivabilities, revalidations, roadabilities, variabilities. | |
-4 letters: derivational, distrainable, invalidators, invalidities, rationalised, revalidation. | |
-5 letters: arabilities, arabinoside, biliverdins, derivations, desalinator, disrelation, inabilities, inadvisable, indivisible, invalidates, invalidator, invariables, italianised, liberations, rationalise, trivialised, validations, viabilities, vibrational. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)56 69 73 69 62 6C 65      52 61 64 69 61 74 69 6F 6E |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010110 01101001 01110011 01101001 01100010 01101100 01100101 00100000 01010010 01100001 01100100 01101001 01100001 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)V i s i b l e   R a d i a t i o n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0056 0069 0073 0069 0062 006C 0065      0052 0061 0064 0069 0061 0074 0069 006F 006E |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)567585756878712526770756786758180 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Anagrams 6. Orthography 7. Bibliography |
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