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ultraviolet

adjective

  1. pertaining to a band of electromagnetic radiation having wavelengths (from c. 5 to c. 400 nanometers) that are shorter than violet light
  2. of, pertaining to, or producing radiation of such wavelengths

noun

ultraviolet radiation

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