adj
Meaning 1
Affected by, or sensitive to light.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
light-sensitive
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adj
Meaning 2
Of a substance or surface, changing chemically or physically when exposed to light.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: arts, hobbies, lifestyle, photography
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Of a cell, tissue or organ, able to detect the presence (or intensity) of light.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences
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adjective satellite
Meaning 4
sensitive to visible light
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- photographic film is light-sensitive
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: photosensitive
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From light (noun) + sensitive.
Across languages
Translations
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Belarusian: святлоадчува́льны (svjatloadčuválʹny) — affected by or sensitive to light — see also photosensitive
- Catalan: fotosensible — affected by or sensitive to light — see also photosensitive
- Danish: lysfølsom — affected by or sensitive to light — see also photosensitive
- Dutch: lichtgevoelig — affected by or sensitive to light — see also photosensitive
- Estonian: valgustundlik — affected by or sensitive to light — see also photosensitive
- Finnish: valoherkkä — affected by or sensitive to light — see also photosensitive
- French: photosensible — affected by or sensitive to light — see also photosensitive
- German: lichtempfindlich — affected by or sensitive to light — see also photosensitive
- Hungarian: fényérzékeny — affected by or sensitive to light — see also photosensitive
- Italian: fotosensibile — affected by or sensitive to light — see also photosensitive
- Norwegian Bokmål: lysfølsom — affected by or sensitive to light — see also photosensitive
- Norwegian Nynorsk: lysfølsam — affected by or sensitive to light — see also photosensitive
- Polish: światłoczuły — affected by or sensitive to light — see also photosensitive
- Portuguese: fotossensível — affected by or sensitive to light — see also photosensitive
- Russian: светочувстви́тельный (svetočuvstvítelʹnyj) — affected by or sensitive to light — see also photosensitive
- Spanish: fotosensible — affected by or sensitive to light — see also photosensitive
- Swedish: ljuskänslig — affected by or sensitive to light — see also photosensitive
- Ukrainian: світлочутли́вий (svitločutlývyj) — affected by or sensitive to light — see also photosensitive
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