infrared
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4.8
- noun
- /ˌɪnfrəˈrɛd/
- Specialized
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infrarrojo
- As compared to the range of the visible spectrum, the infrared covers a thousand times greater spread of wavelengths.
Well, yes we can because infrared can pass through some of that dust.
- Well, yes we can because infrared can pass through some of that dust.
- Some can even detect into the infrared and to the far red that we can't see.
- It feels warm, but glass acts like a mirror for light in the infrared.
- And what it does is IT projects a random dot pattern in infrared and then views it from a different angle.
Examples
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My door is just green leaves reflecting infrared light, and it's warm.
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Well, yes we can because infrared can pass through some of that dust.
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So you go below the red, you get infrared below the red.
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The F near is just infrared light.
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Infrared is just above red, but well before heat and beyond the range of human vision.
Academic text (2008) -
All right, so I've got my infrared camera set up.
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Radar was blank, of course, and the infrared was just a smudge.
Fiction book (1995) -
Greenhouse gases, on the other hand, are great infrared wigglers.
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We're looking at emitted radiation in the thermal infrared, the TIR.
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The scientist used an infrared camera to detect heat emitted by the animals at night.
Synonyms
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4.0
Light you cannot see that often feels warm
4
4.2
A type of light we cannot see that warm things give off
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4.4
A type of light you cannot see that makes things warm
Range of light waves longer than visible light that we feel as heat
A range of light waves below visible light, like the glow from a TV remote
Invisible light that warm things give off
Compounds
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1
3.8
Technology that uses invisible light felt as heat to find things or send signals
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1
4.2
A light that gives heat you can feel but not see, used to warm or help sore muscles
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Range of light waves longer than visible light that we feel as heat
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A treatment that uses heat from special light to reduce pain and improve blood flow
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A range of light waves below visible light, like the glow from a TV remote
How Energetic
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21
4.2
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99
3.2
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14
5.1
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10
3.4
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5
4.8
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55
3.7
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19
3.2
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Infrared comes from the Latin prefix infra- meaning 'below' and the color red. So it means 'below red' on the light spectrum, which is the part of light with longer waves than visible red.