adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
ultraviolet/infra-red radiation (= from the light produced by the sun )
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Ultraviolet radiation damages DNA in plants.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
light
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The amplified products were electrophoresed through a 1.5% agarose gel stained with ethidium bromide and viewed under ultraviolet light .
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If a mutant strain appears that eschews recombination, it proves to be especially susceptible to damage by ultraviolet light .
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Melanin producing cells in our bodies are activated by ultraviolet light from the sun and can have a protective effect.
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Fastaged beef is held at about 70-F for two days at high humidity levels; ultraviolet light is used to control spoilage.
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Right, the same flower as seen by a bee, photographed in ultraviolet light .
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Other experts suggested the use of high-frequency sound waves or ultraviolet light .
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Strictly speaking the extreme ultraviolet light does not come from a laser, but it does retain the coherence of the original.
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Such gases, mixed with water vapour, were subjected to electrical discharge and ultraviolet light .
radiation
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But because ultraviolet radiation is a constant feature of solar radiation, the ozone layer is maintained.
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If ozone deterioration persisted, they warned, solar ultraviolet radiation would flood Earth.
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The satellite, called Astron, is intended to study ultraviolet radiation and X-rays from celestial objects.
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Large areas, including the United States, continue to get increasingly harmful ultraviolet radiation .
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However, ultraviolet radiation must also have aided evolution.
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The thermal tide may also be responsible for dim ultraviolet radiation observed to come from the middle of the night hemisphere.
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The economic consequences for food crops and other plants of the resulting increase in ultraviolet radiation have received less attention.
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So ultraviolet radiation from the Sun would have been felt more powerfully then, than now.
ray
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High up in the sky was a protective layer of gas that screened out dangerous ultraviolet rays from the sun.
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It allows an insomniac who can not get exposure to sunlight to still benefit from the regulating effects of ultraviolet rays .
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They help deplete the ozone layer, allowing ultraviolet rays to cause deadly skin cancers.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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If ozone deterioration persisted, they warned, solar ultraviolet radiation would flood Earth.
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It will investigate the shorter-wavelength radiation from the objects observed by the ultraviolet telescope.
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Large areas, including the United States, continue to get increasingly harmful ultraviolet radiation.
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More water has been destroyed by ultraviolet sunlight, torn apart into oxygen and hydrogen.
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Since 1989 I have measured the ozone layer, solar ultraviolet and the clarity of the air over South-Central Texas.
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The amplified products were electrophoresed through a 1.5% agarose gel stained with ethidium bromide and viewed under ultraviolet light.
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The extreme ultraviolet power was only a few watts, but it was adequate to detect molecular hydrogen.
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The thermal tide may also be responsible for dim ultraviolet radiation observed to come from the middle of the night hemisphere.