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UV
abbr.
ultraviolet

UV
abbreviation for
(Physics / General Physics) ultraviolet
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.UV - radiation lying in the ultraviolet rangeUV - radiation lying in the ultraviolet range; wave lengths shorter than light but longer than X rays
actinic radiation, actinic ray - electromagnetic radiation that can produce photochemical reactions
sun-ray, sunray - a ray of artificial ultraviolet light from a sunray lamp
Translations
UV ADJ ABBR =ultravioletUV, UVA
UV [ˌjuːˈviː] adj (=ultraviolet) → ultraviolet m


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