light; visible light; visible radiation




(physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation

"the light was filtered through a soft glass window"

Type of:
  • actinic radiation; actinic ray

Types:
  • beam; beam of light; light beam; ray; ray of light; shaft; shaft of light; irradiation
  • candlelight; candle flame
  • corona
  • counterglow; gegenschein
  • daylight
  • firelight
  • fluorescence
  • friar's lantern; ignis fatuus; jack-o'-lantern; will-o'-the-wisp
  • gaslight
  • radiance; glow; glowing
  • glow
  • half-light
  • incandescence; glow
  • lamplight
  • luminescence
  • meteor; shooting star
  • moonlight; moonshine; Moon
  • starlight
  • sunlight; sunshine; sun
  • scintillation
  • streamer
  • torchlight
  • twilight


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