visible light
10
3.4
- noun
- /ˈvɪzəbl laɪt/
- Specialized
:
luz visible
- Our eyes see by taking in the visible light waves that reflect off objects.
- wavelength of visible light
- visible light spectrum
- visible light waves
This means visible light scatters a lot on dust.
- This means visible light scatters a lot on dust.
- Ultraviolet photography requires darkness because visible light contaminates the the photograph.
- It reacts and activates with visible light as well as UV light.
- So how big is a wavelength of visible light?
- The sun emits mostly visible light, that's why our eyes are tuned to visible light.
- So astronomy from the time of Galileo was done with visible light.
- They detect visible light that we can see with our eyes, unlike Mary and James Webb, which detects infrared wavelengths of light.
- It used to be called the mask of pregnancy and melasma is something that is very sensitive to both UV and visible light.
- And yeah, visible light is we love our visible light.
Examples
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Infrared receivers can detect hot objects day and night, but visible light provides clearer images in daytime.
Academic text (1991) -
Our eyes depend on visible light to see the world around us.
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Ah, we are in the visible light range, right?
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And visible light, which is the only frequency band that we can see.
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Your eyes can only see energy in the visible light spectrum.
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Clouds are not transparent to visible light, so they block the sun.
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The sun emits mostly visible light, that's why our eyes are tuned to visible light.
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Hue is the rainbow aspect of color, explaining where a specific color lies on the visible light spectrum.
Academic text (2008) -
It reacts and activates with visible light as well as UV light.
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Just as fluorescent paint converts ultraviolet radiation to visible light, scintillators change gamma rays to visible light.
Academic text (1990)
Synonyms
∞
1.0
Brightness from the sun, lamps, or fire that makes things visible
Light that human eyes can see
How Energetic
- Specialized
21
4.2
- Specialized
99
3.2
- Specialized
14
5.1
- Specialized
10
3.4
- Specialized
5
4.8
- Specialized
55
3.7
- Specialized
19
3.2
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'electromagnetic radiation perceptible to the human eye' is directly and compositionally derived from 'visible' (able to be perceived by the eye) + 'light' (electromagnetic brightness). This noun phrase follows a basic adjective+noun pattern that is cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Visible light names the part of light your eyes can see. Visible means able to be 'seen' and light is the bright energy from the sun or a lamp, so visible light is the colours we can notice, like the bands of a rainbow.