light spectrum

collocation in English

meaningsoflightandspectrum

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light
adjective
uk
/laɪt/us
/laɪt/
not weighing ...
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spectrum
noun[C]
uk
/ˈspek.trəm/us
/ˈspek.trəm/
the set of colours into which a beam of light can be separated, or a range of waves, such as light waves or ...
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(Definition oflightandspectrumfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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During illumination patient and operator should wear protective goggles that correspond to the lamplightspectrum.
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During illumination, patient and operator should wear protective goggles which correspond to the lamplightspectrum.
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Perucca was attempting to replicate a nineteenth-century experiment (1860) in which amethyst exhibited optical activity in the visiblelightspectrum.
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Lights are typically within the bluelightspectrumas this has been found to contain the most effective wavelengths for initiating the hydrogen peroxide reaction.
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With the same goal, researchers employ metamaterials to create directed blind spots by deflecting certain parts of thelightspectrum(electromagnetic spectrum).
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These lamps produce a broaderlightspectrumthan the low pressure sodium lamps.
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Nanoshells can be varied across a broad range of thelightspectrumthat spans the visible and near infrared regions.
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It is believed that solarization is caused by the formation of internal defects, called color centers, which selectively absorb portions of the visiblelightspectrum.
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The refractive index of glass increases from red to blue of thelightspectrum(color dispersion).
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The antennae contain cryptochrome, a photoreceptor protein sensitive to the violet-blue part of thelightspectrum.
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Formally, the integral is the inner product of the luminosity function with thelightspectrum.
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The new reflectedlightspectrumcreates the appearance of a color.
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When these edges overlap in alightspectrum, green results; when they overlap in a dark spectrum, non-spectral colours are produced.
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Each measurement has its own wavelength range of thelightspectrum, some of which may be outside the visible spectrum.
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Due to this green pigment - chlorophyll - phytoplankton preferentially absorb the red and blue portions of thelightspectrumand reflect green light.
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With alightspectrum, coming out of the prism, one sees a shaft of light surrounded by dark.
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The infrared range is beyond the long-wavelength end of the visiblelightspectrum, so it supports less density than shorter-wavelength visible light.
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This coating has a specific reflective wavelength in order to blend in with natural colours in the infra-redlightspectrum.
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For example, there are other parts of thelightspectrumwhich are in common use today.
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It is thelightspectrum, as the transmission medium, that determines what the human eye can see.
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