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VISIBLE LIGHT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation
Example:
the light was filtered through a soft glass window
Synonyms:
light; visible light; visible radiation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("visible light" is a kind of...):
actinic radiation; actinic ray (electromagnetic radiation that can produce photochemical reactions)
Domain category:
natural philosophy; physics (the science of matter and energy and their interactions)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "visible light"):
twilight (the diffused light from the sky when the sun is below the horizon but its rays are refracted by the atmosphere of the earth)
torchlight (light from a torch or torches)
streamer (light that streams)
scintillation ((physics) a flash of light that is produced in a phosphor when it absorbs a photon or ionizing particle)
sun; sunlight; sunshine (the rays of the sun)
starlight (the light of the stars)
Moon; moonlight; moonshine (the light of the Moon)
meteor; shooting star (a streak of light in the sky at night that results when a meteoroid hits the earth's atmosphere and air friction causes the meteoroid to melt or vaporize or explode)
luminescence (light not due to incandescence; occurs at low temperatures)
lamplight (light from a lamp)
glow; incandescence (the phenomenon of light emission by a body as its temperature is raised)
half-light (a greyish light (as at dawn or dusk or in dim interiors))
glow (a steady even light without flames)
glow; glowing; radiance (the amount of electromagnetic radiation leaving or arriving at a point on a surface)
gaslight (light yielded by the combustion of illuminating gas)
friar's lantern; ignis fatuus; jack-o'-lantern; will-o'-the-wisp (a pale light sometimes seen at night over marshy ground)
fluorescence (light emitted during absorption of radiation of some other (invisible) wavelength)
firelight (the light of a fire (especially in a fireplace))
daylight (light during the daytime)
counterglow; gegenschein (a faint spot of light in the night sky that appears directly opposite the position of the sun; a reflection of sunlight by micrometeoric material in space)
corona (one or more circles of light seen around a luminous object)
candle flame; candlelight (the light provided by a burning candle)
beam; beam of light; irradiation; light beam; ray; ray of light; shaft; shaft of light (a column of light (as from a beacon))
Holonyms ("visible light" is a part of...):
electromagnetic spectrum (the entire frequency range of electromagnetic waves)
Context examples:
Much of the dust seen here emits little to no visible light (in fact, the dust blocks visible light) and is therefore revealed most clearly with infrared observatories like Spitzer.
(Spitzer Studies a Stellar Playground With a Long History, NASA)
Co-researcher Associate Professor Andrey Miroshnichenko said the invention could be tailored for other light spectrums including visible light, which opened up a whole array of innovations, including architectural and energy saving applications.
(Protecting Astronauts from Radiation in Space, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Testing the device using a spectrometer or spectrograph for the dispersion of visible light (includes electromagnetic, electron, and acoustic spectroscopy).
(Device Spectroscopy Evaluation Method, Food and Drug Administration)
Called the Serpens Cloud Core, this star-forming region is located about 750 light-years away in Serpens, or the "Serpent," a constellation named after its resemblance to a snake in visible light.
(The 'Serpent' star-forming cloud hatches new stars, NASA)
Electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths between 750 nanometers and 1 millimeter, between those of visible light and microwaves.
(Infrared Radiation, NCI Thesaurus)
The systems showed similar time delays – about one-tenth of a second — between when NuSTAR first detected X-ray light and ULTRACAM detected flares in visible light slightly later.
(NuSTAR Probes Black Hole Jet Mystery, NASA)
By combining observations in the infrared, radio waves, visible light, X-rays and extremely energetic gamma rays, scientists can study the physics of these powerful jets.
(The Giant Galaxy Around the Giant Black Hole, NASA)
It includes radio waves, microwaves, infrared light, visible light, ultraviolet light, x-rays, and gamma rays.
(Electromagnetic radiation, NCI Dictionary)
While results from the spacecraft's suite of instruments will be released down the road, a handful of images from Juno's visible light imager — JunoCam — are expected to be released the next couple of weeks.
(Juno Successfully Completes Jupiter Flyby, NASA)
The researchers determined the planet's light-eating capabilities by using Hubble's Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph to search in mostly visible light for a tiny dip in starlight as the planet passed directly behind the star.
(Hubble Captures Blistering Pitch-Black Planet, NASA)
