visible light
collocation in Englishmeaningsofvisibleandlight
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visible
adjective
uk/ˈvɪz.ə.bəl/us/ˈvɪz.ə.bəl/
able to ...
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light
noun
uk/laɪt/us/laɪt/
the brightness that comes from the sun, fire, etc. and from electrical devices, and that allows things to ...
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(Definition ofvisibleandlightfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Photoinhibition of photosynthesis induced byvisiblelight.
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Thevisiblelightdiagnostic was optical streak photography.
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For imaging experiments, slices were prepared under a dissecting lamp invisiblelight.
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Rapidly expanding coronal plasma was also observed directly invisiblelight.
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Visiblelighthas wavelengths of the order of hundreds of nanometers.
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To observe the distribution ofvisiblelightfrom the discharge, an independent set-up was used.
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This was confirmed by the spectrometer response tovisiblelightemitted from the cell.
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The strayvisiblelightwas blocked by a 15-mm-thick aluminum foil.
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Scattering has the greatest effect in the short wavelength blue spectral region of thevisiblelight.
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Suitable sensors have spectral sensitivities that cover the range ofvisiblelight, are not identical, and overlap each other.
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For these measurements, slices were prepared undervisiblelightas for imaging experiments but recordings were obtained in darkness.
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Therefore, defining vision in terms of electromagnetic energy requires an appeal tovisiblelight, at which point the definition becomes circular.
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Secondly, most of the structures with whichvisiblelightinteracts are vastly larger in extent than the wavelength of the light itself.
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The readout noise can be put in perspective by calculating the approximate size of signal delivered by a singlevisiblelightphoton.
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For the measurements of striation formation time, we observed the distribution ofvisiblelightin a transver se direction from the discharge.
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This wavefront sensor is currently used invisiblelightto analyze, for example, large mirror defaults on telescopes, or the heating of mirrors on high power laser installation.
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In particular, their ability to emit light changes as a result of quantum mechanics, so that they can producevisiblelightand be used in visual displays.
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Any scenes containingvisiblelightsources, including the sky, were excluded and, as far as possible, also those containing water, glass, and other materials producing specular reflections.
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This article focuses onvisiblelight.
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Photodissociation is not limited tovisiblelight.
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The solid cryogenic rare gas targets' advantage of transparency forvisiblelight, which makes them suitable for spectroscopic investigation of the beam target interaction zone, is lost for metal targets.
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