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A form of non-ionizing radiation emitted by the sun and other artificial sources.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: UV radiation
Antonyms: none provided
radiation lying in the ultraviolet range; wave lengths shorter than light but longer than X rays
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ultraviolet, ultraviolet light, ultraviolet illumination, UV
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: actinic radiation, actinic ray
Narrower terms: sunray, sun-ray
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
21 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Belarusian:
ультрафіялетавае выпраменьванне
(ulʹtrafijaljetavaje vypramjenʹvannje)
— form of non-ionizing radiation
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Chinese Mandarin:
紫外線 /紫外线
(zǐwàixiàn)
— form of non-ionizing radiation
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Czech:
ultrafialové záření
— form of non-ionizing radiation
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Finnish:
ultraviolettisäteily
— form of non-ionizing radiation
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German:
Ultraviolettstrahlung
— form of non-ionizing radiation
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Hungarian:
ibolyántúli sugárzás
— form of non-ionizing radiation
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Hungarian:
UV-sugárzás
— form of non-ionizing radiation
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Japanese:
紫外線
(shigaisen)
— form of non-ionizing radiation
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Korean:
자외선
(jaoeseon)
— form of non-ionizing radiation
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Lithuanian:
ultravioletiniai spinduliai
— form of non-ionizing radiation
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Macedonian:
ултравиолетово зрачење
(ultravioletovo zračenje)
— form of non-ionizing radiation
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Romanian:
radiație ultravioletă
— form of non-ionizing radiation
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Russian:
ультрафиолетовое излучение
(ulʹtrafioletovoje izlučenije)
— form of non-ionizing radiation
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Slovak:
ultrafialové žiarenie
— form of non-ionizing radiation
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Slovene:
ultravijolično sevanje
— form of non-ionizing radiation
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Lower Sorbian:
ultrawioletne promjenjenje
— form of non-ionizing radiation
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Upper Sorbian:
ultrawioletne promjenjowanje
— form of non-ionizing radiation
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Spanish:
radiación ultravioleta
— form of non-ionizing radiation
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Ukrainian:
ультрафіоле́тове випромі́нювання
(ulʹtrafiolétove vypromínjuvannja)
— form of non-ionizing radiation
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Vietnamese:
tia cực tím
— form of non-ionizing radiation
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Vietnamese:
tia tử ngoại
— form of non-ionizing radiation
