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VISIBLE RADIATION
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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 radiation" 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 radiation"):
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 radiation" is a part of...):
electromagnetic spectrum (the entire frequency range of electromagnetic waves)
