ultraviolet

Wikipedia

English

Etymology

ultra- +‎ violet

Adjective

ultraviolet (comparative more ultraviolet, superlative most ultraviolet)

1. of electromagnetic radiation beyond (higher in frequency than) light visible to the human eye; radiation with wavelengths from 380 nanometre - 10 nanometre

Translations

radiation with wavelengths from 380 nanometre - 10 nanometre

Czech: ultrafialový (cs) Danish: ultraviolet (da) Esperanto: ultraviola (eo) Finnish: ultravioletti (fi) French: ultraviolet (fr) Galician: ultravioleta (gl) German: ultraviolett (de) Irish: ultraivialait (ga) Italian: ultravioletto (it) Japanese: 紫外線 (しがいせん, shigaisen)

Macedonian: ултравиолетов (mk) (ultraviolétov) m. Malay: ultraungu (ms) Norwegian: ultrafiolett (no) Polish: ultrafioletowy (pl) Portuguese: ultravioleta (pt) Russian: ультрафиолет (ru) (ul'trafiol'ét) m. Scottish Gaelic: os-bhiolait (gd) Swedish: ultraviolett (sv) Welsh: uwchfioled (cy)

See also

• ultraviolet radiation

Noun

ultraviolet (uncountable)

1. Ultraviolet colour.

Translations

colour

Chinese: Mandarin: 紫外 (zh) (zǐwài) Japanese: 紫外 (ja) (しがい, shigai)

Polish: ultrafiolet (pl) m. Russian: ультрафиолетовый (ru) (ul’trafiolétovyj) Scottish Gaelic: os-bhiolait (gd) f.