MEANING
Relating to electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths shorter than visible violet light and longer than X-rays.
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- ultraviolet lamp
- ultraviolet radiation
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The ultraviolet lamp made the marker glow.
The shield reduced ultraviolet exposure.
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- ultraviolet
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Primary category: sci-fi. Forms: Normally non-gradable as a technical classification. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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