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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The entire range of electromagnetic radiation, which includes, in order of increasing frequency and decreasing wavelength, radio waves, microwaves, infrared radiation, visible light, ultraviolet radiation, x-rays, and gamma rays.
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- noun physics The entire
range ofwavelengths of all knownelectromagnetic radiations extending fromgamma rays throughvisible light ,infrared , andradio waves , toX-rays .
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- noun the entire frequency range of electromagnetic waves
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