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Infra-red   Listen
adjective
Infra-red, Infrared  adj.  
1.
(Physics) Lying outside the visible spectrum at its red end; said of rays having a longer wavelength (and thus less refrangible) than the extreme red rays, specifically those electromagnetic waves having a wavelength of between 700 nanometers and 1 millimeter.
2.
Relating to, using, or producing infrared radiation.
3.
Affected by infrared radiation; as, infrared detector; infrared film.






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"Infra-red" Quotes from Famous Books



... we increase the rapidity of wave vibration and decrease the wave length we pass from, sound waves to heat waves or what are known as the infra-red waves, those which lie below the red in the spectrum of light. Next we come to light, which is composed of the seven colors as you know from seeing them resolved in a prism. After that are what are known as the ultra-violet rays, which lie beyond the violet of white light. We ...
— Master Tales of Mystery, Volume 3 • Collected and Arranged by Francis J. Reynolds



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