the movement of light conceptualized as a wave, defined by such properties as reflection, refraction, and dispersion
Examples of 'light wave' in a sentence
light wave
Unlike light waves, which travel in straight lines, sound waves can bend around obstacles.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
And gamma rays, light waves of extreme high energy.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The light waves in the raindrops produce extra bands of light, the supernumeraries.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
He wore a contraption that zapped light waves into his head.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
It distorts light waves 'only a little', making it 'almost' as if nothing were there.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
By aiming pulses of noise at light-waves in their infancy, researchers were able create disturbances that resulted in rogue waves developing.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
But in a new approach, optics scientists looked at altering light waves going through an object.
The Sun (2018)
It works much like an ultrasound machine, but instead of getting readings using sound waves, it bounces light waves off the body, providing pinpoint images.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Sounds, on this picture, are not akin to objects seen by virtue of reflected light waves, but closer to the light itself.
The Times Literary Supplement (2010)
Light waves target melanin - a dark brown pigment in the skin - leaving the skin clear, even and younger looking.