| 单词 | violet ray |
| 释义 | > as lemmasviolet ray violet ray n. (a) a ray of violet light; (b) a ray of ultra-violet light. Also attributive. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > light > chromatism > [noun] > spectrum > ultraviolet light violet ray1803 ultraviolet1887 1803 Jrnl. Nat. Philos. Aug. 255 He placed muriate of silver without the solar spectrum and next to the violet rays. This oxide became blackened in a short time, it became still deeper in the violet rays, still more in the blue, and so on. 1903 Sci. Amer. 20 June 473/1 The so-called ‘violet ray’, which is now so common in literature, should be dropped, and ‘blue ray’ should be substituted in its place. 1925 A. Bennett Jrnl. 7 Feb. (1933) III. 74 He went to lie down under the light of his violet-ray lamp (equivalent of sunlight or some such thing) over his bed. 1929 Proc. IRE 17 1388 The real difficulty lies in the modernization of household equipment such as electric fans..and violet ray machines. All of these must be designed with elimination of radio interference in mind. 1933 Amer. Speech 8 ii. 55/2 Nature-ray, all right, or O.K., as in the phrase, I'm feeling nature-ray. It evidently is based on violet rays. 1966 J. Stevens Cox Illustr. Dict. Hairdressing & Wigmaking 79/2 High frequency, an electric current of high voltage and very low amperage, used in scalp treatment. Also called Violet Ray because of the violet light produced in the glass applicator. < as lemmas |
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