Definition of Light-sensitive

1. Adjective. Sensitive to visible light. "Photographic film is light-sensitive"

Exact synonyms: Photosensitive
Similar to: Sensitive
Derivative terms: Photosensitivity

Lexicographical Neighbors of Light-sensitive

light-headedly
light-headedness
light-hearted
light-heartedly
light-horseman
light-ion fusion
light-legged
light-minded
light-mindedness
light-near dissociation
light-o'-love
light-of-love
light-off temperature
light-repressible receptor protein kinase
light-scattering photometry
light-sensitive (current term)
light-skinned
light-tight
light-water reactor
light-year
light a fire under
light adaptation
light air
light as a feather
light at the end of the tunnel
light ballast
light bath
light beam
light beer
light bread

Literary usage of Light-sensitive

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Handbook of Severe Disability: A Text for Rehabilitation Counselors, Other edited by Walter C. Stolov, Michael R. Clowers (2000)
"The inner layer of the retina, which contains the light-sensitive cells and the retinal blood vessels is, in essence, an expansion of the optic nerve. ..."

2. The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial Science (1896)
"The photographic films commonly in use are found to be opaque, and formed, in fact, by grains of light-sensitive matter mechanically imprisoned by a ..."

3. Three-colour Photography: Three-colour Printing and the Production of by Arthur Hübl (1904)
"A compound which absorbs the green rays, permitting, however, all others to penetrate or reflect, if at all light-sensitive can be only decomposed or ..."

4. Wilson's Photographic Magazine (1904)
"You see here two pictures, of which one is much more vigorous than the other. The exposure in both was twenty seconds. The light sensitive film consisted of ..."

5. The American Amateur Photographer (1904)
"The strong action of the so-called "non- actinic'' red on the blue and green light sensitive films is very interesting; probably the dye as it is formed ..."

6. Mechanical World and Engineering Record (1881)
"Light sensitive cells There are several types of light sensitive cells but ... The light sensitive properties are shown by change of resistance between the ..."

7. Three-colour Photography: With Special Reference to Three-colour Printing by Arthur Hübl (1904)
"A compound which absorbs the green rays, permitting, however, all others to penetrate or reflect, if at all light-sensitive can be only decomposed or ..."

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