ultraviolet : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: ultraviolet	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ultraviolet adj having or employing wavelengths shorter than light but longer than X-rays; lying outside the visible spectrum at its violet end; "ultraviolet radiation"; "an ultraviolet lamp" n radiation lying in the ultraviolet range; wave lengths shorter than light but longer than X rays Synonym(s): ultraviolet, ultraviolet radiation, ultraviolet light, ultraviolet illumination, UV
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ultraviolet \Ul`travi"olet\, a. [Pref. ultra- + violet.] (Physics) Lying outside the visible spectrum at its violet end; -- said of rays more refrangible than the extreme violet rays of the spectrum.