infrared
/ɪnfrəˈrɛd
/adjective
1(Of electromagnetic radiation) having a wavelength just greater than that of the red end of the visible light spectrum but less than that of microwaves. Infrared radiation has a wavelength from about 800 nm to 1 mm, and is emitted particularly by heated objects.Terahertz light is a little-studied realm of the electromagnetic spectrum between microwave and infrared light....
- It isn't hot enough to radiate UV rays but it does radiate in the visible and infrared parts of the electromagnetic spectrum.
- The sight does not emit visible or infrared light (except from the eyepiece) that can be detected by the enemy.
1.1(Of equipment or techniques) using or concerned with infrared radiation: infrared cameras...
- A dozen Army Technical Officers using high speed boats swooped on the Island and made a thorough search of the area using sophisticated infrared equipment.
- But if that storm clears in time, the jets were going to get out with some infrared equipment and help with the search starting tomorrow.
- The lights were filmed March 5 by pilots using infrared equipment.
noun [mass noun]
The infrared region of the spectrum; infrared radiation.Wavelengths of light in this region of the spectrum cause heating so blocking infrared reduces unwanted rays from the sun....
- But what is so special about water that makes its absorptions extend all the way from the far infrared to the near ultraviolet?
- By mid-century, inroads were also being made into the near infrared.
