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ultraviolet — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • ultraviolet adj Describing light or radiation with a wavelength shorter than visible light, invisible to the human eye.

Senses

ultraviolet is used for these senses in English:

  • ultraviolet Of electromagnetic radiation beyond (higher in frequency than) light visible to the human eye; radiation with wavelengths from 380 to 10 nanometres.

ultraviolet — full definition

  1. adj Describing light or radiation with a wavelength shorter than visible light, invisible to the human eye.
  2. noun Ultraviolet radiation or light itself.
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