ultraviolet
adjectiveOf or relating to electromagnetic radiation between violet visible light and x-rays in the electromagnetic spectrum, having frequencies between 790 terahertz and 30 petahertz and wavelengths between 380 nanometers and 10 nanometers.
adjectiveOf or relating to a light bulb that emits ultraviolet radiation.
nounThe ultraviolet range of electromagnetic radiation.
Beyond the violet: used of the invisible rays of the spectrum which are more refrangible than the violet, and consequently lie beyond them. See
Lying outside the visible spectrum at its blue-violet end; — said of light more refrangible (i. e. having a shorter wavelength) than the extreme violet rays of the visible spectrum. Electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths shorter than those of ultrviolet light are not usually considered as light waves, but are classified differently. The ultraviolet region of the electromagnetic spectrum is generally considered as comprising those electromagnetic emissions with wavelengths lying between those of visible light and those of X-rays, i. e. between 4000 Angstroms and 100 Angstroms.
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Ultraviolet
having or employing wavelengths shorter than light but longer than X-rays; lying outside the visible spectrum at its violet end
nounradiation lying in the ultraviolet range; wave lengths shorter than light but longer than X rays