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Definition of Infrared

1. Adjective. Having or employing wavelengths longer than light but shorter than radio waves; lying outside the visible spectrum at its red end. "Infrared photography"

2. Noun. The infrared region of the electromagnetic spectrum; electromagnetic wave frequencies below the visible range. "They could sense radiation in the infrared"

3. Noun. Electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths longer than visible light but shorter than radio waves.

Definition of Infrared

1. a. Lying outside the visible spectrum at its red end; -- said of rays less refrangible than the extreme red rays.

Definition of Infrared

1. Noun. electromagnetic radiation of a wavelength longer than visible light, but shorter than microwave radiation, having a wavelength between 700 nm and 1 mm ¹

2. Adjective. Having the wavelength in the infrared. ¹

3. Adjective. In the infrared spectrum. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Infrared

1. a part of the invisible spectrum [n -S]

Medical Definition of Infrared

1. That portion of the electromagnetic spectrum with wavelengths between 770 and 1000 nm. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Infrared

infraorder infraorders infrapalpebral sulcus infraparticle infraparticles infrapatellar infrapatellar branch of saphenous nerve infrapatellar fat-pad infrapatellar fat body infrapatellar synovial fold

infraphyla infraphylum infraposition infrapsychic infrarealism infrared (current term) infrared astronomy infrared cataract infrared emission infrared frequency

infrared lamp infrared light infrared microscope infrared radiation infrared ray infrared rays infrared spectroscopy infrared spectrum infrared therapy infrared thermography

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