ultraviolet radiation

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Radiation in the part of the electromagnetic spectrum where wavelengths are just shorter than those of ordinary, visible violet light but longer than those of x-rays.

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notes for ultraviolet radiation

Like infrared radiation, ultraviolet radiation can be detected with special instruments or films. Sunburn is caused by ultraviolet radiation. The ozone layer of the atmosphere of the Earth blocks most of the potentially harmful ultraviolet radiation.

Words nearby ultraviolet radiation

ultraviolet astronomy, ultraviolet filter, ultraviolet keratoconjunctivitis, ultraviolet lamp, ultraviolet microscope, ultraviolet radiation, ultra vires, ultravirus, ultrawideband, ulu, Ulúa

How to use ultraviolet radiation in a sentence

He was very familiar with the reality of what could happen: Tokyo could be covered with a really high dosage of radiation.
Takashi Murakami’s Art From Disaster|Justin Jones|November 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Everything serene, snow piling on trees, over lawns, on houses, before we realize that all the snow is poisoned with radiation.
The Internet Embedded in Your Head|J.T. Price|November 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The 4M craft also includes a radiation dosimeter built by the Spanish company iC-Málaga.
Luxembourg and China Team Up on Private Mission to the Moon|Matthew R. Francis|October 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
She said that whenever she came into the room, she had felt the radiation of a vast and unseen force.
Those Kansas City Blues: A Family History|Katie Baker|October 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Hawking radiation for realistic black holes is a minuscule effect, and the bigger the black hole, the less radiation there is.
Black Holes Exist. So Does Bad Science|Matthew R. Francis|September 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The effect of the heated air which acquires its temperature by radiation from the earth's surface is to produce the winds.
Outlines of the Earth's History|Nathaniel Southgate Shaler
If we can imagine the earth cut off from the solar radiation, the air would cease to move.
Outlines of the Earth's History|Nathaniel Southgate Shaler
Aboard were not only oceanographers, but marine biologists experienced in radiation physics.
The Flaming Mountain|Harold Leland Goodwin
Short hard radiation emitted from the tab neutralized the claws, put them out of commission.
Second Variety|Philip Kindred Dick
Radiation tabs protected the UN troops, but if a man lost his tab he was fair game for the claws, no matter what his uniform.
Second Variety|Philip Kindred Dick