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visible radiation

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noun

  1. electromagnetic radiation that causes the sensation of sight; light. It has wavelengths between about 380 and 780 nanometres

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Telescopes that collect visible radiation use a lens or mirror to gather the light.

From Textbooks • Oct. 13, 2016

The wavelength of light determines the color of visible radiation.

From Textbooks • Oct. 13, 2016

If it were ionized hydrogen, it should be hot enough to emit visible radiation.

From Textbooks • Oct. 13, 2016

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

Dissolved in a proper vehicle, iodine cuts the visible radiation sharply off, but allows the invisible free transmission.

From Fragments of science, V. 1-2 by Tyndall, John

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