ultraviolet
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Etymology edit
Adjective edit
ultraviolet (comparative more ultraviolet, superlative most ultraviolet)
- Of electromagnetic radiation beyond (higher in frequency than) light visible to the human eye; radiation with wavelengths from 380 to 10 nanometres.
- (figurative, physics) Relating to very high energies or very small distances or time spans.
- Antonym: infrared
- 2004, Barton Zwiebach, A First Course in String Theory, →ISBN, Figure 23.1, page 519:
- A one-loop Feynman graph that represents a virtual process. In the limit in which the virtual process involves short distances or high momenta, one may find an ultraviolet divergence in the corresponding amplitude.
- 2017, David F. Chernoff, S.-H. Henry Tye, “Inflation, string theory and cosmic strings”, in Wei-Tou Ni, editor, One Hundred Years of General Relativity […], volume 2, →ISBN, page 275:
- Since current gravitational observations are insensitive to quantum effects, one may wonder why an ultraviolet completion of the gravity theory is needed if inflation, in fact, occurs several orders of magnitude below the Planck scale.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
radiation with wavelengths from 380 to 10 nanometres
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Noun edit
ultraviolet (countable and uncountable, plural ultraviolets)
- Ultraviolet colour.
Translations edit
colour
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See also edit
Danish edit
Adjective edit
ultraviolet
Inflection edit
Inflection of ultraviolet | |||
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Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
Indefinte common singular | ultraviolet | — | —2 |
Indefinite neuter singular | ultraviolet | — | —2 |
Plural | ultraviolete | — | —2 |
Definite attributive1 | ultraviolete | — | — |
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively. |
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Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
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Adjective edit
ultraviolet (feminine ultraviolette, masculine plural ultraviolets, feminine plural ultraviolettes)
Noun edit
ultraviolet m (plural ultraviolets)
- ultraviolet (light)
Further reading edit
- “ultraviolet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French ultraviolet. Equivalent to ultra- + violet.
Adjective edit
ultraviolet m or n (feminine singular ultravioletă, masculine plural ultravioleți, feminine and neuter plural ultraviolete)
Declension edit
Declension of ultraviolet
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | ultraviolet | ultravioletă | ultravioleți | ultraviolete | ||
definite | ultravioletul | ultravioleta | ultravioleții | ultravioletele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | ultraviolet | ultraviolete | ultravioleți | ultraviolete | ||
definite | ultravioletului | ultravioletei | ultravioleților | ultravioletelor |