Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- abbreviation ultraviolet
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- initialism
ultraviolet
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun radiation lying in the ultraviolet range; wave lengths shorter than light but longer than X rays
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•UV protection: Wear only sunglasses that offer UV 400 - or 99 to 100 percent - protection against UVA and UVB rays.
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•UV protection: Wear only sunglasses that offer UV 400 — or 99 to 100 percent — protection against UVA and UVB rays.
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The unusual quality they possess is that they are fluoresce in UV light or a common black light and will literally glow in the black light.
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First they are made of natural materials, as the leaves are pressure washed, sanitized in UV light, and then pressed into their forms without using additives.
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The unusual quality they possess is that they are fluoresce in UV light or a common black light and will literally glow in the black light.
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UV is a concern when duck hunting but even then how do we know that.
Do scent-free detergents put a visible UV blur light on your cloths and is it visible by deer? 2009
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The unusual quality they possess is that they are fluoresce in UV light or a common black light and will literally glow in the black light.
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UV is a concern when duck hunting but even then how do we know that.
Do scent-free detergents put a visible UV blur light on your cloths and is it visible by deer? 2009
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Ozone depletion leads to an increase in UV irradiation, which leads, among many other things, to an increase in the incidence of various kinds of skin cancer.
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An increase in UV radiation might favour individuals who have higher levels of protective melanin in their skins.
Giants, goblins, unihumans and all that Darren Naish 2006
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