white light

American  

noun

1. light perceived by the eye as having the same color as sunlight at noon.

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white light British  

noun

1. light that contains all the wavelengths of visible light at approximately equal intensities, as in sunlight or the light from white-hot solids

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white light Scientific  

1. Electromagnetic radiation composed of a fairly even distribution of all of the frequencies in the visible range of the spectrum, appearing white to the eye. Light from the Sun is nearly perfect white light, although the Sun does not itself appear white when viewed on Earth due to the scattering of light with frequencies in the blue range by the atmosphere, leaving the Sun with a yellow color.

2. Light that appears white to the eye, composed of some combination of light with frequencies in the red, blue, and green parts of the spectrum.

3. See also color

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Example Sentences

"If the videos were filmed using Meta AI glasses, which normally display a white light when recording," says privacy lawyer Jamie Hurworth, "this raises concerns about whether that privacy feature is sufficient and if stronger safeguards are needed for such technology."

From BBC

He featured on their first album, The Velvet Underground And Nico, and second, titled White Light/White Heat before going solo.

From BBC

Corse devoted much of her life to her “White Light” series, which involves layering tiny glass beads — called microspheres — over white acrylic paint for a constantly shifting, reflective effect.

From Los Angeles Times

James Conant, president of Harvard University and chair of the government panel that chose the wartime targets for this new weapon, scribbled in his notebook, “The whole sky suddenly full of white light like the end of the world.”

From Slate

And I truly did pass out — saw the white light and everything.

From Los Angeles Times