"white light" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: white lights [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} white light (countable and uncountable, plural white lights)
  1. (uncountable) Light, having a mixture of frequencies, being perceived as having no specific colour; such as sunlight. Tags: uncountable Hypernyms: light Translations (light perceived as having no colour): valkoinen valo (Finnish), lumière blanche [feminine] (French), 白色光 (hakushokukō) (Japanese), 백색광 (baeksaekgwang) (Korean), lumină albă [feminine] (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-white_light-en-noun-8JkuHDEF Disambiguation of 'light perceived as having no colour': 78 18 5
  2. (countable) A white-coloured light or lamp Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-white_light-en-noun-Vv8hpe9w
  3. (euphemistic, as the white light) The believed entrance to the afterlife, as occasionally reported of near-death experiences. Tags: countable, euphemistic, uncountable
    Sense id: en-white_light-en-noun-WXlyDhTh Categories (other): English euphemisms, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 2 70

Inflected forms

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