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Language:enStatus: Standard
Term: light
Synonym1: visible radiation
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Definition: any optical radiation capable of causing a visual sensation directly on a human being

NOTE 1 – Nominally covering the wavelength in vacuum range of 380 nm to 800 nm.

NOTE 2 – In the laser and optical communication fields, custom and practice in the English language have extended usage of the term light to include the much broader portion of the electromagnetic spectrum than can be handled by the basic optical techniques used for the visible spectrum.


Publication date:1991-10
SourceMOD 845-01-03
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