visible radiation
Britishnoun
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The wavelength of light determines the color of visible radiation.
From Textbooks • Oct. 13, 2016
Because they are transparent to most visible radiation and emit only a small amount of light, these outer layers are difficult to observe.
From Textbooks • Oct. 13, 2016
The atmosphere, like window glass, is transparent to incoming visible radiation and most of the Sun’s infrared.
From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015
This is because it is surrounded by a huge envelope of dust that absorbs almost all its visible radiation and re-emits it as infrared light.
From US News • Sep. 7, 2010
At a common distance of a foot the visible radiation of the electric light employed in these experiments is 800 times the light of a candle.
From Fragments of science, V. 1-2 by Tyndall, John
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