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- adjective Alternative form of
infrared .
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Examples
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The second invisibility is that those same gases such as CO2 and methane have molecules shaped in such a way that, although they let hot visible light pass through them, they don't give a pass to the hot light called infra-red light.
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As winter on the mysterious smoggy moon recently turned to spring, researchers using an infra-red camera aboard NASA's Cassini spacecraft detected signs of a "substantial" spring rain of the liquefied natural gas sprinkling across vast fields of dunes near Titan's equator.
The Rain on This Plain Is Mainly Methane Robert Lee Hotz 2011
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It has sonar and radar systems, infra-red lighting and storage for dummy torpedoes in the sleeping quarters.
In search of the Lancashire U-boat commander Helen Carter 2010
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New infra-red camera footage of the rare Javan rhino in its natural habitat, here or here.
Javan Rhino Footage 2009
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The console is able to detect where the urine is falling through the use of an infra-red device.
Play while you pee: urinal-based games console granted patent 2011
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Not only do the cameras see in natural light, but they see in infra-red, and in radio frequencies.
Messages to Mars Hugh Barlow 2011
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But to an infra-red telescope it's opaque; you can't look through too much, and less is always better.
A new unit of humidity? AYDIN 2009
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This led to the use of infra-red light frequencies, or those that are not visible to the naked eye.
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It was white to help the suit reflect the visible light and infra-red light that would draw heat into the suit.
Around a Sun Named Inferno Hugh Barlow 2011
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Captive Media's urinal-based games console is able to detect where urine is falling through the use of an infra-red device.
Play while you pee: urinal-based games console granted patent 2011
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