ultraviolet

Examples

• All

• Moreover, low mass stars are known to have flares in the ultraviolet, so that could also strip the atmosphere.

  Harvard University

• Ultraviolet radiation from the sun can cause skin damage if proper protection is not used.

• If we have ultraviolet radiation, we have something happening.

• It's pretty hard to tell just using visible light, but in the ultraviolet it's obvious.

• In the back was a section entirely lit by blue ultraviolet light.

  Fiction book (1990)

• For example, ultraviolet light from the sun strikes the surface of Mars.

• Slowly, but surely, ultraviolet rays would pour in, increasing the risk of skin cancer.

  Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)

• Ultraviolet radiation may be harmful to unaccustomed eyes.

  Mars (1998)

• In the winter, when you are skiing in the Alps, you may experience ultraviolet radiation, but it's all UVA.

• Because the amount of solar ultraviolet is greater at solar maximum, the atmosphere gets hotter and expands.

  Academic text (1990)

Synonyms

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ultraviolet light

vsultraviolet

• Specialized

10 4.0

A type of light from the sun that you cannot see and that can burn your skin

is the scientific radiation concept without stressing skin effects

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ultraviolet ray

vsultraviolet

• Specialized

5 3.9

A strong invisible light from the sun that can damage skin and kill germs

refers to the broader class of such waves rather than one beam

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ultraviolet radiation

vsultraviolet

• Specialized

4 4.1

Invisible light from the sun that can burn skin

focuses on the general invisible waves rather than health effects

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ultraviolet spectrum

vsultraviolet

• Specialized

1 5.3

A range of light waves shorter than visible light that can cause sunburn

names the radiation itself rather than highlighting the whole band

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UV

vsultraviolet

• Specialized

4.2

Invisible light that can burn or damage skin

is the full word form rather than an abbreviation

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ultraviolet illumination

vsultraviolet

• Specialized

6.5

Invisible light beyond the violet end of visible light

is the general physical phenomenon, not specifically a light source

Compounds

U

ultraviolet light

• Specialized

10 4.0

A type of light from the sun that you cannot see and that can burn your skin

U

ultraviolet ray

• Specialized

5 3.9

A strong invisible light from the sun that can damage skin and kill germs

U

ultraviolet radiation

• Specialized

4 4.1

Invisible light from the sun that can burn skin

U

ultraviolet spectrum

• Specialized

1 5.3

A range of light waves shorter than visible light that can cause sunburn

U

ultraviolet illumination

• Specialized

6.5

Invisible light beyond the violet end of visible light

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ultraviolet lamp

• Specialized

4.8

A lamp that gives invisible light to make some paints glow and kill germs

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ultraviolet source

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6.2

A device that gives off ultraviolet light used for lighting or experiments

How Energetic

gamma ray

• Specialized

21 4.2

X-ray

• Specialized

99 3.2

ultraviolet

• Specialized

14 5.1

visible light

• Specialized

10 3.4

infrared

• Specialized

5 4.8

microwave

• Specialized

55 3.7

radio wave

• Specialized

19 3.2

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology