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Physical Phenomena > Optical Phenomena > Light
Physical Phenomena > Magnetic Phenomena > Electromagnetic Phenomena > Electromagnetic Radiation > Light
Physical Phenomena > Radiation > Electromagnetic Radiation > Light
Physical Phenomena > Radiation > Radiation, Nonionizing > Light

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Light  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Photoradiation
  • Photoradiations

Note

  • differentiate from LIGHTING (the environment); light scattering = SCATTERING, RADIATION (IM) + LIGHT; LIGHT + PERIODICITY is not necessarily CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; luminance goes here or under LIGHTING but not under LUMINESCENCE; black light: index INFRARED RAYS or ULTRAVIOLET RAYS depending on text but unspecified, index ULTRAVIOLET RAYS

Scope note

  • That portion of the electromagnetic spectrum in the visible, ultraviolet, and infrared range.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D008027

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