visible light

/ˌvɪzəbəl laɪt/

Other forms: visible lights

Definitions of visible light

1. noun

   (physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation
   synonyms: light, visible radiation

   types:

   beam, beam of light, irradiation, light beam, ray, ray of light, shaft, shaft of light

   a column of light (as from a beacon)

   candle flame, candlelight

   the light provided by a burning candle

   corona

   one or more circles of light seen around a luminous object

   counterglow, gegenschein

   a faint spot of light in the night sky that appears directly opposite the position of the sun; a reflection of sunlight by micrometeoric material in space

   daylight

   light during the daytime

   firelight

   the light of a fire (especially in a fireplace)

   fluorescence

   light emitted during absorption of radiation of some other (invisible) wavelength

   friar's lantern, ignis fatuus, jack-o'-lantern, will-o'-the-wisp

   a pale light sometimes seen at night over marshy ground

   gaslight

   light yielded by the combustion of illuminating gas

   glow, glowing, radiance

   the amount of electromagnetic radiation leaving or arriving at a point on a surface

   glow

   a steady even light without flames

   half-light

   a greyish light (as at dawn or dusk or in dim interiors)

   glow, incandescence

   the phenomenon of light emission by a body as its temperature is raised

   lamplight

   light from a lamp

   luminescence, phosphorescence

   light not due to incandescence; occurs at low temperatures

   meteor, shooting star

   a streak of light in the sky at night that results when a meteoroid hits the earth's atmosphere and air friction causes the meteoroid to melt or vaporize or explode

   Moon, moonlight, moonshine

   the light of the Moon

   starlight

   the light of the stars

   sun, sunlight, sunshine

   the rays of the sun

   scintillation

   (physics) a flash of light that is produced in a phosphor when it absorbs a photon or ionizing particle

   streamer

   light that streams

   torchlight

   light from a torch or torches

   twilight

   the diffused light from the sky when the sun is below the horizon but its rays are refracted by the atmosphere of the earth

   aureole, corona

   the outermost region of the sun's atmosphere; visible as a white halo during a solar eclipse

   autofluorescence

   self-induced fluorescence

   sky glow

   illumination of the night sky in urban areas

   heat ray

   a ray that produces a thermal effect

   high beam

   the beam of a car's headlights that provides distant illumination

   bioluminescence

   luminescence produced by physiological processes (as in the firefly)

   chemiluminescence

   luminescence resulting from a chemical reaction as the oxidation of luciferin in fireflies

   bolide, fireball

   an especially luminous meteor (sometimes exploding)

   moon ray, moon-ray, moonbeam

   a ray of moonlight

   sunburst

   a sudden emergence of the sun from behind clouds

   sunbeam, sunray

   a ray of sunlight

   laser beam

   a beam of light generated by a laser

   low beam

   the beam of a car's headlights that provides illumination for a short distance

   phosphorescence

   a fluorescence that persists after the bombarding radiation has ceased

   type of:

   actinic radiation, actinic ray

   electromagnetic radiation that can produce photochemical reactions