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visible radiation

(General Physics) electromagnetic radiation that causes the sensation of sight; light. It has wavelengths between about 380 and 780 nanometres

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visible radiation - (physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation; "the light was filtered through a soft glass window"

light, visible light

natural philosophy, physics - the science of matter and energy and their interactions; "his favorite subject was physics"

actinic radiation, actinic ray - electromagnetic radiation that can produce photochemical reactions

light beam, ray, ray of light, beam of light, shaft of light, irradiation, beam, shaft - a column of light (as from a beacon)

candle flame, candlelight - the light provided by a burning candle

corona - one or more circles of light seen around a luminous object

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

daylight - light during the daytime

electromagnetic spectrum - the entire frequency range of electromagnetic waves

firelight - the light of a fire (especially in a fireplace)

fluorescence - light emitted during absorption of radiation of some other (invisible) wavelength

friar's lantern, ignis fatuus, jack-o'-lantern, will-o'-the-wisp - a pale light sometimes seen at night over marshy ground

gaslight - light yielded by the combustion of illuminating gas

glowing, radiance, glow - the amount of electromagnetic radiation leaving or arriving at a point on a surface

glow - a steady even light without flames

half-light - a greyish light (as at dawn or dusk or in dim interiors)

incandescence, glow - the phenomenon of light emission by a body as its temperature is raised

lamplight - light from a lamp

luminescence - light not due to incandescence; occurs at low temperatures

shooting star, meteor - 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

moonlight, moonshine, Moon - the light of the Moon; "moonlight is the smuggler's enemy"; "the Moon was bright enough to read by"

starlight - the light of the stars

sunlight, sunshine, sun - the rays of the sun; "the shingles were weathered by the sun and wind"

scintillation - (physics) a flash of light that is produced in a phosphor when it absorbs a photon or ionizing particle

streamer - light that streams; "streamers of flames"

torchlight - light from a torch or torches

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

Translations

radiazione visibile

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Cortical or nuclear cataract was not associated with ocular exposure to blue or all visible radiation, rather than infrared or ultraviolet light,[4] while blue or visible light contributes to advanced AMD other than ultraviolet light.[5]Third, it is not sure whether there might be simultaneous onset of AMD and lens opacity or in an order when only take the light exposure into consideration.

Association between Age-Related Macular Degeneration and Lens Opacity in Senior Population in Hainan Province

At the obtained speed of light inside the sphere of the carbon atom, the wavelength of visible radiation is:

Calculation of the Density of Vacuum Matter, the Speed of Time and the Space Dimension

During these processes, semiconductors are irradiated with UV or visible radiation to excite electrons from the valence band (VB) to the conduction band (CB) creating electron/hole pairs.

New Approach of the Oxidant Peroxo Method (OPM) Route to Obtain Ti[(OH).sub.4] Nanoparticles with High Photocatalytic Activity under Visible Radiation

XRD pattern shows powder is polycrystalline; besides, main reflections can be assigned to cubic structure of[In.sub.2][S.sub.3] (JCPDS number 65-0459); it has 4 the preferential growth planes (311), (222), (400), and (440); this result is according to others reposts; this crystalline phase has reported photocatalytic activity for water splitting under visible radiation [19].

Methylene Blue Photocatalytic Degradation under Visible Irradiation on [In.sub.2][S.sub.3] Synthesized by Chemical Bath Deposition

The compound is so black that it absorbs 99.965% of visible light and 99.85% of visible radiation, fooling the eye into seeing a crumpled aluminium foil spread with vantablack as a smooth, black surface.