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Definition of Actinic radiation
1. Noun. Electromagnetic radiation that can produce photochemical reactions.
Generic synonyms: Electromagnetic Radiation, Electromagnetic Wave, Nonparticulate Radiation
Group relationships: Electromagnetic Spectrum
Specialized synonyms: Infrared, Infrared Emission, Infrared Light, Infrared Radiation, Light, Visible Light, Visible Radiation, Ultraviolet, Ultraviolet Illumination, Ultraviolet Light, Ultraviolet Radiation, Uv
Lexicographical Neighbors of Actinic Radiation
Literary usage of Actinic radiation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Nature of Animal Light by Edmund Newton Harvey (1920)
"... ie, visible radiation divided by total (heat, visible, actinic) radiation; (2)
by considering, in addition to visible radiation -7- total radiation, ..."
2. Paxton's Magazine of Botany, and Register of Flowering Plants by Sir Joseph Paxton (1849)
"... and a diminished quantity of the chemical or actinic radiation might be secured
at will without interfering with the heat^giving principle, ..."
3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1908)
"... of the light waves in it, it does reduce the amplitude or energy-carrying
capacity of both long and short waves, ie, of low heat and actinic radiation. ..."
4. A Text Book of the Principles of Physics by Alfred Daniell (1895)
"The intensity of actinic radiation may be estimated by observing the depth of
tint produced in a piece of photographic paper exposed for a given time. ..."
5. The Photographic News edited by Sir William Crookes, G Wharton Simpson (1859)
"... exposed for a few minutes to the direct rays of the sun hissed as if it had
been poured on red-hot iron. The amount of actinic radiation on Tuesday, ..."
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