(physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation; "the light was filtered through a soft glass window"
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a greyish light (as at dawn or dusk or in dim interiors)
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(physics) a flash of light that is produced in a phosphor when it absorbs a photon or ionizing particle
Used in the same subject area: Physics, Chemistry, Spectroscopy.(physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation; "the light was filtered through a soft glass window"
Used in the same subject area: Physics, Chemistry, Spectroscopy.(physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation; "the light was filtered through a soft glass window"
Used in the same subject area: Physics, Chemistry, Spectroscopy.a column of light (as from a beacon)
Used in the same subject area: Physics, Chemistry, Spectroscopy.a column of light (as from a beacon)
Used in the same subject area: Physics, Chemistry, Spectroscopy.the light provided by a burning candle
Used in the same subject area: Physics, Chemistry, Spectroscopy.the light provided by a burning candle
Used in the same subject area: Physics, Chemistry, Spectroscopy.one or more circles of light seen around a luminous object
Used in the same subject area: Physics, Chemistry, Spectroscopy.a faint spot of light in the night sky that appears directly opposite the position of the sun; a reflection of sunlight by micrometeor…
Used in the same subject area: Physics, Chemistry, Spectroscopy.light during the daytime
Used in the same subject area: Physics, Chemistry, Spectroscopy.the light of a fire (especially in a fireplace)
Used in the same subject area: Physics, Chemistry, Spectroscopy.light emitted during absorption of radiation of some other (invisible) wavelength
Used in the same subject area: Physics, Chemistry, Spectroscopy.a pale light sometimes seen at night over marshy ground
Used in the same subject area: Physics, Chemistry, Spectroscopy.light yielded by the combustion of illuminating gas
Used in the same subject area: Physics, Chemistry, Spectroscopy.a faint spot of light in the night sky that appears directly opposite the position of the sun; a reflection of sunlight by micrometeor…
Used in the same subject area: Physics, Chemistry, Spectroscopy.a steady even light without flames
Used in the same subject area: Physics, Chemistry, Spectroscopy.the amount of electromagnetic radiation leaving or arriving at a point on a surface
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any of various composite shrubs or herbs of the genus Artemisia having aromatic green or greyish foliage
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: greyish, light, dawn, dusk, interiors.The rising light of the morning; the dawn of day; the redness of the sky just before the sun rises.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: greyish, light, dawn, dusk, interiors.tropical American fern cultivated for its finely divided greyish-green foliage; West Indies and southern Mexico to Peru and Brazil
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: greyish, light, dawn, dusk, interiors.any of several breeds of Indian cattle; especially a large American heat and tick resistant greyish humped breed evolved in the Gulf S…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: greyish, light, dawn, dusk, interiors.any of several breeds of Indian cattle; especially a large American heat and tick resistant greyish humped breed evolved in the Gulf S…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: greyish, light, dawn, dusk, interiors.any of several breeds of Indian cattle; especially a large American heat and tick resistant greyish humped breed evolved in the Gulf S…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: greyish, light, dawn, dusk, interiors.The first appearing, as of light in the morning; the dawn; as, the break of day; the break of dawn.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: greyish, light, dawn, dusk, interiors.of greyish white; "the canescent moon"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: greyish, light, dawn, dusk, interiors.greyish baboon of southern and eastern Africa
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: greyish, light, dawn, dusk, interiors.a milky or greyish translucent to transparent quartz
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: greyish, light, dawn, dusk, interiors.common small rabbit of North America having greyish or brownish fur and a tail with a white underside; a host for Ixodes pacificus and…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: greyish, light, dawn, dusk, interiors.The time of light, or interval between one night and the next; the time between sunrise and sunset, or from dawn to darkness; hence, t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: greyish, light, dawn, dusk, interiors.The beginning of the day, or first appearance of light; the dawn; hence, the beginning.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: greyish, light, dawn, dusk, interiors.medium-sized greyish-black whale of the northern Pacific
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