infrared

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Etymology

Latin infra, below, + red

Noun

infrared (plural infrareds)

1. electromagnetic radiation of a wavelength longer than visible light, but shorter than microwave radiation, having a wavelength between 700 nm and 1 mm

Translations

infrared radiation

• Catalan: infraroig (ca) m
• Czech: infračervený (cs)
• Danish: infrarød stråling (da) c
• Finnish: infrapuna (fi)
• French: infrarouge (fr)
• German: Infrarot (de)
• Hungarian: infravörös (hu)
• Irish: infridhearg (ga) m
• Japanese: 赤外線 (せきがいせん, sekigaisen)
• Jèrriais: înfra-rouoge  m
• Korean: 적외선 (ko) (cheok-wei-seon)

• Macedonian: инфрацрвено зрачење (mk) (infrac'rveno zráčenje) n
• Malay: inframerah (ms)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: infrarød stråling (no) c

  Nynorsk: infraraud stråling (nn)

• Persian: فروسرخ (fa) (forusorx)
• Portuguese: infravermelho (pt)
• Scottish Gaelic: fo-dhearg (gd) m
• Spanish: infrarrojo (es)
• Swedish: infraröd strålning (sv) c

Adjective

infrared (not comparable)

1. Having the wavelength in the infrared.

   infrared light

   infrared waves

   infrared radiation

1. In the infrared spectrum.

Translations

having the wavelength in the infrared

• Arabic: تحت الحمراء (ar) (táHta al-Hamraa')
• Catalan: infraroig (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 紅外 (cmn), 红外 (cmn) (hóngwài)

• Czech: infračervený (cs)
• Danish: infrarød (da)
• Dutch: infrarood (nl)
• French: infrarouge (fr)
• German: infrarot (de)
• Greek: υπέρυθρος (el) (ypérythros)
• Hungarian: infravörös (hu)
• Irish: infridhearg (ga), fodhearg (ga)
• Japanese: 赤外 (ja) (せきがい, sekigai)
• Jèrriais: înfra-rouoge
• Macedonian: инфрацрвен (mk) (infracrven) m

• Manx: fo-yiarg (gv)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: infrarød (no)

  Nynorsk: infraraud (nn)

• Persian: فروسرخ (fa) (forusorx)
• Russian: инфракрасный (ru) (infrakrásnyj) m 
• Scottish Gaelic: fo-dhearg (gd)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: инфрацрвен (sh)

  Roman: infracrven (sh)

• Spanish: infrarrojo (es)
• Swedish: infraröd (sv)
• Turkish: Kızılaltı (tr), Kızılötesi (tr)
• Vietnamese: hồng ngoại (vi)

Derived terms

infrared astronomy infrared camera infrared detector infrared divergence infrared film infrared filter infrared fixed point infrared homing infrared imagery infrared lamp infrared microscope

infrared motion detector infrared multiphoton dissociation infrared photography infrared pointer infrared port infrared radiation infrared remote control infrared repellor infrared sauna infrared spectroscopy infrared thermometer