Collocations withlight
These are words often used in combination withlight.
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amber light
Report on human cloning through embryo splitting: an amber light.
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artificial light
It will be possible to modulate the transparency of the surface by mixing daylight, artificial light from above and artificial light from below.
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beacon light
That lead was followed, and it acted as a beacon light for the remainder of the war.
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beam of light
There is an analogy with the beam of light.
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blinding light
They view things differently, having experienced a blinding light.
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bright light
Controlled trial of bright light for nonseasonal major depressive disorders.
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burst of light
When finished with each, she threw the clippings into the flames, creating a burst of light each time.
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changing light
The system offers a natural experiment for the study of short-term evolution in fish biology, including vision in changing light environments.
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cone of light
The aperture causes only the central region of the cone of light to reach the detector.
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dazzling light
Why has he chosen to hide this dazzling light under a bushel?
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diffuse light
Both beams were set to present coincided 8-mmdiameter diffuse light spots on the retina, used for test flash and background light, respectively.
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dim light
In front of me, in the dim light, lies this white paper.
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divine light
The postulation of such an intellectual ordering deriving from the divine light is essential.
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electric light
The latest technological advances were incorporated with advantage: electric light, sea-water distilling apparatus, refrigeration.
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faint light
It is replaced by a dark, reddish-grey curtain, with a large block of faint light in the middle - the ghost image of the stage.
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favourable light
These media cast their public performances in a favourable light and shaped public impressions about the candidates and their opponents.
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flashing light
Telephone ringing can be converted to a flashing light and doorbells can also incorporate a flashing light to attract the patient's attention.
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flickering light
Flickering light beneath the surface, resonances, energies.
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glimmer of light
In many respects, it is quite successful, providing a glimmer of light at the end of a long psycholinguistic tunnel.
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golden light
Additional imagery may include clouds, a golden light, and cherubs.
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halogen light
However, this is not the case in the halogen light, and so we have to reflect this uncertainty into the distance reading.
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harsh light
I am afraid that those visions soon perished in the harsh light of reality.
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incandescent light
An incandescent light source, attached to a constant-voltage transformer, was mounted above the center of the maze for the initial test luminance.
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incoming light
Permanent grating is engraved onto the surface from which the incoming light wave is scattered.
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indicator light
Furthermore, it is often poorly indicated to the player, usually consisting of a set of buttons with some indicator light, or a menu system.
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indirect light
The sole illuminant consisted of indirect light from a torch fitted with a red filter (cutoff, 650 nm).
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infrared light
The infrared light pulses form a pattern unique to that button.
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inner light
I may be translated from inner light to outer darkness myself.
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intense light
This requirement is reflected in the need for faster film and a more intense light source.
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interior light
Having spent most of today in exterior darkness they have not emerged into interior light but have at least come into the gloom.
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natural light
Thin section is in natural light.
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navigation light
I am delighted that a navigation light is to appear on the island.
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neon light
The pool has a spiral waterside designed with neon light and glass brick accents to match the resorts contemporary feel.
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orange light
It will be quite distinctive from any other form of blue or orange light.
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polarized light
Limited recovery of meiotic spindles in living human oocytes after cooling-rewarming observed using polarized light microscopy.
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ray of light
But one ray of light emerged.
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reflected light
The reflected light is linearly polarized in a 'horizontal' direction.
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runway light
Neither the plane nor any of the passengers were injured, but a runway light was damaged.
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scattered light
Scattered light would be expected to reduce the effective contrast of the center hexagon's modulation and 0or to increase the time-averaged mean luminance.
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shaft of light
There is a shaft of light—he was acquitted.
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shining light
Shining light on dark winter.
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stray light
Images were corrected for dark noise, spatial nonuniformities (mainly off-axis vignetting), stray light, and any wavelength-dependent variations in magnification or registration.
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ultraviolet light
Retinal receptors in rodents maximally sensitive to ultraviolet light.
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visible light
Photoinhibition of photosynthesis induced by visible light.
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warning light
A warning light appears here for the reader, however.
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