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INFRARED LIGHT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths longer than visible light but shorter than radio waves
Synonyms:
infrared; infrared emission; infrared light; infrared radiation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("infrared light" is a kind of...):
actinic radiation; actinic ray (electromagnetic radiation that can produce photochemical reactions)
Context examples:
An assay or diagnostic test utilized to measure the level of degradation of a drug or material in the presence of ultraviolet, visible or infrared light.
(Photostability Test, NCI Thesaurus)
A procedure that uses infrared light waves to give three-dimensional (3-D) pictures of structures inside tissues and organs.
(OCT, NCI Dictionary)
Diaphranography (transillumination light scanning) is a non-invasive imaging procedure for the detection and evaluation of breast disease, by visualizing lesions through a television camera sensitive to infrared light.
(Diaphranography, NCI Thesaurus)
It includes radio waves, microwaves, infrared light, visible light, ultraviolet light, x-rays, and gamma rays.
(Electromagnetic radiation, NCI Dictionary)
A technique in which abnormal tissue is exposed to a burst of infrared light (a type of radiation).
(Infrared coagulation, NCI Dictionary)
As the dust heats up, it radiates infrared light.
(The Most Luminous Galaxy in Universe, NASA)
As Europa eclipsed Io, LBTO captured the incoming infrared light.
(Massive Lava Waves Detected on Solar System’s Most Volcanically Active Object, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Another new image, obtained with the VISIR instrument on the VLT, shows the infrared light being emitted by the dust surrounding Betelgeuse in December 2019.
(ESO Telescope Sees Surface of Dim Betelgeuse, ESO)
Previous observations of this nebula with space telescopes studied different wavelengths of infrared light, which did not reveal the details SOFIA detected.
(SOFIA Reveals How the Swan Nebula Hatched, NASA)
Spitzer's observations in infrared light zeroed in on carbon monoxide in the ultrahot Jupiters' atmospheres.
(Water Is Destroyed, Then Reborn in Ultrahot Jupiters, NASA/JPL)
