"ultraviolet light" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: ultraviolet lights [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} ultraviolet light (countable and uncountable, plural ultraviolet lights)
  1. (uncountable) Light in the ultraviolet part of the spectrum. Tags: uncountable Translations (light in the ultraviolet part of the spectrum): 紫外光線 (Chinese Mandarin), 紫外光线 (zǐwài guāngxiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), ultraviolet lys [neuter] (Danish), ultraviolettivalo (Finnish), luz ultravioleta [feminine] (Spanish), ultraviolett ljus [neuter] (Swedish), UV-ljus [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-ultraviolet_light-en-noun-cs-iM5F7 Disambiguation of 'light in the ultraviolet part of the spectrum': 91 9
  2. (countable) A light bulb that emits ultraviolet light; a black light. Tags: countable Categories (topical): Light sources Synonyms: black light, blacklight Hypernyms: light
    Sense id: en-ultraviolet_light-en-noun-ir16YbUX Disambiguation of Light sources: 32 68 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 78 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 21 79 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 19 81

Inflected forms

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