Phrase guide
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noun
The part of the electromagnetic spectrum, between infrared and ultraviolet, that is visible to the human eye.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
(physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: light, visible radiation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: actinic radiation, actinic ray
Narrower terms: beam, beam of light, light beam, ray, ray of light, shaft, shaft of light, irradiation, candlelight, candle flame, corona, counterglow, gegenschein, daylight, firelight, fluorescence, friar's lantern, ignis fatuus, jack-o'-lantern, will-o'-the-wisp, gaslight, radiance, glow, glowing, half-light, incandescence, lamplight, luminescence, meteor, shooting star, moonlight, moonshine, Moon, starlight, sunlight, sunshine, sun, scintillation, streamer, torchlight, twilight
History
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Across languages
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
