ultraviolet

English

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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

• Catalan: ultraviolat (ca)
• 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)
• Spanish: ultravioleta (es)
• Swedish: ultraviolett (sv)
• Welsh: uwchfioled (cy)

See also

• ultraviolet radiation

Noun

ultraviolet (uncountable)

1. Ultraviolet colour.

Translations

colour

• Catalan: ultraviolat (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 紫外 (cmn) (zǐwài)

• German: Ultraviolett (de) n

• Japanese: 紫外 (ja) (しがい, shigai)
• Polish: ultrafiolet (pl) m
• Russian: ультрафиолетовый (ru) (ul’trafiolétovyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: os-bhiolait (gd) f

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French

Etymology

From ultra- +‎ violet

Adjective

ultraviolet m (feminine ultraviolette, masculine plural ultraviolets, feminine plural ultraviolettes)

1. ultraviolet

Noun

ultraviolet m (plural ultraviolets)

1. ultraviolet (light)