ultraviolet light

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Noun1.ultraviolet light - radiation lying in the ultraviolet rangeultraviolet light - radiation lying in the ultraviolet range; wave lengths shorter than light but longer than X rays
ultraviolet, ultraviolet illumination, ultraviolet radiation, UV
actinic radiation, actinic ray - electromagnetic radiation that can produce photochemical reactions
sun-ray, sunray - a ray of artificial ultraviolet light from a sunray lamp
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