Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun ultraviolet_radiation

1 sense of ultraviolet radiation

Sense 1
ultraviolet, ultraviolet radiation, ultraviolet light, ultraviolet illumination, UV -- (radiation lying in the ultraviolet range; wave lengths shorter than light but longer than X rays)
       => actinic radiation, actinic ray -- (electromagnetic radiation that can produce photochemical reactions)