noun
(physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation (Freq. 4)
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the light was filtered through a soft glass window
• Syn: ↑light, ↑visible radiation
• Topics: ↑physics, ↑natural philosophy
• Hypernyms: ↑actinic radiation, ↑actinic ray
• Hyponyms:
↑beam, ↑beam of light, ↑light beam, ↑ray, ↑ray of light, ↑shaft, ↑shaft of light, ↑irradiation, ↑candlelight, ↑candle flame, ↑corona, ↑counterglow, ↑gegenschein, ↑daylight, ↑firelight, ↑fluorescence, ↑friar's lantern, ↑ignis fatuus, ↑jack-o'-lantern, ↑will-o'-the-wisp, ↑gaslight, ↑radiance, ↑glow, ↑glowing, ↑half-light, ↑incandescence, ↑lamplight, ↑luminescence, ↑meteor, ↑shooting star, ↑moonlight, ↑moonshine, ↑Moon, ↑starlight, ↑sunlight, ↑sunshine, ↑sun, ↑scintillation, ↑streamer, ↑torchlight, ↑twilight
• Part Holonyms: ↑electromagnetic spectrum
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visible light,
light consisting of electromagnetic waves that can be seen, as contrasted with ultraviolet and infrared waves that are invisible: »
Visible light occupies less than one octave of the spectrum of electromagnetic waves (W. C. Vaughan).
Useful english dictionary. 2012.