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Visible Radiation

Definition: Visible Radiation

Visible Radiation

Noun

1. (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.
 

 

Specialty Definitions: Visible Radiation

DomainDefinitions

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.

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Synonyms: Visible Radiation

Synonyms: light (n), visible light (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Visible Radiation

English words defined with "visible radiation": fluorescent lampinfrared, infrared emission, infrared frequency, infrared light, infrared radiation, infrared light unitradiogram, radiograph, radiographyshadowgraph, skiagram, skiagraph, skiagraphy, source of illumination. (references)
Specialty definitions using "visible radiation": Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometerblack body, blackbodycyanometryfalse color film, FILM TYPES, Fluorescent Light, forward looking infra redHubble Space Telescopeinfra-red lamp, Infra-red radiationLongwave Radiation, luminous efficiency, luminous emittancenear infraredoptical coupler, optical fiber coupler, optical fibre coupler, Optical Radiation, Oxidants, Photochemicalphotoelectric effect, photoluminescence, processed filmröntgen rays, roentgen raysshort-wave radiation, silver halide processThermoluminescent dosimeterUltraviolet TherapyX-rays. (references)

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Modern Translations: Visible Radiation

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

   

Portuguese

  

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)

   

Spanish

  

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)

   

Swedish

  

synlig strålning (light), ljus (blond, bright, candela, candle, candlepower, clear, fair, fair-haired, gay, glim, light, lights, lightsome, lucid, luminary, luminous, pale). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Visible Radiation

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.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Visible Radiation


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)

    

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)

&#86 &#105 &#115 &#105 &#98 &#108 &#101 &#32 &#82 &#97 &#100 &#105 &#97 &#116 &#105 &#111 &#110

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

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Translations: Modern
5. Anagrams
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography


  

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