blåljus
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Swedish
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/F%C3%B6rskolan_Urd_brinner_4710_%28Volvo_FM_bandbil_2014%29.jpg/220px-F%C3%B6rskolan_Urd_brinner_4710_%28Volvo_FM_bandbil_2014%29.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Polemonium_caeruleum_nf.jpg/220px-Polemonium_caeruleum_nf.jpg)
Etymology
[edit]From blå (“blue”) + ljus (“light”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]blåljus n
- emergency vehicle lighting
- emergency vehicles
- type of short news reports, often web-based, about recent, often local, accidents and emergencies
- (sometimes as prefix) something that is about emergencies or emergency vehicles
- high-energy light in the violet/blue band from 400 to 450 nm in the visible spectrum; see w:High-energy visible light
- a hardy perennial flowering plant with cup-shaped, lavender-coloured or white flowers (Polemonium caeruleum)
Related terms
[edit]- blåljuspersonal (“emergency personnel”)
- blåljusfordon (“emergency vehicle”)
- blåljuscentral (“emergency central”)
- blåljusramp
- blåljusväg (“emergency way”)
- blåljussabotage (“sabotage of emergency response”)
- blåljusfilter (“blue light filter”)
Further reading
[edit]- blåljus in Svensk ordbok.