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Definition of "visible light" [visible light]

  • The part of the electromagnetic spectrum, between infrared and ultraviolet, that is visible to the human eye (noun)

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Use "visible light" in a sentence
  • "The stretching makes visible light look redder, which is known as the redshift."
  • "Day by day he becomes bolder and more self-possessed, more intent and concentrated upon things below God and heaven: every object around him grows larger and distincter, and the visible light in which he once saw its just proportions fades from his sight; and the thought of God which dwelt within him goes up, like the glory in the prophet's vision, [103] from the threshold of the house, as if to depart from it."
  • "No detectable infall of charged particles, no streams of visible light or heat or energy — nothing."