infrared
/ˌɪnfɹəˈɹɛd/
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Australia/ˌɪnfɹəˈɹed/
infrared noun: the electromagnetic radiation of a wavelength longer than visible light, but shorter than microwave radiation, having a wavelength between 700 nm and 1 mm.
Noun
infrared (countable and uncountable, plural infrareds)
- The electromagnetic radiation of a wavelength longer than visible light, but shorter than microwave radiation, having a wavelength between 700 nm and 1 mm.
- Collisions of these 'transparent' molecules with the molecules that do have absorption bands in the infrared can have a considerable influence on the intensities of the observed absorption bands.1962, John Nelson Howard, Transmission of the Atmosphere in the Infrared: A Review, page 3
- A specific wavelength in this range.
- Sonne has shown that by means of the luminous rays the temperature in the tissue may be raised to a higher degree than by the use of the infrareds.1924, The American Review of Tuberculosis, page 110
- Exposure of spectral pieces at centimeters, millimeters, and infrareds, which provide a top steadiness of the dependence "MCW radiation vs. parameter Δt" and its interannual (seasonal) dynamics.2009, Alexander Grankov, Microwave Radiation of the Ocean-Atmosphere: Boundary Heat and Dynamic Interaction
- A device that emits infrared radiation.
- In his room, he could install his infrareds without being discovered.2000, Pete Fowler, Keeps, page 62
- Beams are the active counterparts of passive infrareds (PIRs). Since these are active infrareds, they require two parts: a transmitter and a receiver.2007, Ed Morawski, Solving the Security Puzzle, page 79
Adjective
infrared (not comparable)
- Having a wavelength in the infrared spectrum.
- Relating to very low energies or very large distances or time spans.
- Unless otherwise stated, we will be working in Euclidean space compactified to a sphere in order to avoid infrared problems.1986, Luis Álvarez-Gaumé, “An Introduction to Anomalies”, in G. Velo, A. S. Wightman, editors, Fundamental Problems of Gauge Field Theory, →ISBN, page 97
- Secondly, as stated already by Osborne & Provenzale, pure k^(-α)-behaviour is impossible since there would have to be infinite power at zero frequency (this would correspond to an infrared catastrophe).2000, Andreas Galka, Topics in Nonlinear Time Series Analysis: With Implications for EEG Analysis, →ISBN, page 176
- Antonyms:
- ultraviolet
infrared meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
infrared in Hindi
- radiation of a wavelength between 700 nm and 1 mm
- अवरक्त avrakt
- having the wavelength in the infrared
- अवरक्त avrakt
infrared in Tamil
- radiation of a wavelength between 700 nm and 1 mm
- அகச்சிவப்பு akaccivappu
infrared in Marathi
- इन्फ्रारेड, अवरक्त
infrared in Urdu
- زیریں سرخ
More languagesFewer languages
- infrared in Bengali
- লাল উজানি
- infrared in Telugu
- ఇన్ఫ్రారెడ్, పరారుణ
- infrared in Malayalam
- ഇൻഫ്രാറെഡ്, ഇൻഫ്രാരെഡ്, ഇൻഫ്രാറഡ്
- infrared in Kannada
- ಅತಿಗೆಂಪು, ಇನ್ಫ್ರಾರೆಡ್
- infrared in Punjabi
- ਇਨਫਰਾਰੈੱਡ, ਇੰਫਰਾਰੈੱਡ
- infrared in Gujarati
- ઇન્ફ્રારેડ, ઈન્ફ્રારેડ, ઇન્ફરારેડ
- infrared in Odia
- ଇନଫ୍ରାରେଡ୍, ଇନ୍ଫ୍ରାରେଡ୍, ଇନଫ୍ରାରେଡ
- infrared in Nepali
- इन्फ्रारेड, अवरक्त
- infrared in Arabic
- تَحْتَ اَلْحَمْرَاء taḥta l-ḥamrāʔ
- infrared in Malay
- inframerah
- infrared in Indonesian
- inframerah
- infrared in Persian
- فروسرخ forusorx
- infrared in Thai
- อินฟราเรด in-fraa-rèet
- infrared in Vietnamese
- hồng ngoại
Examples of infrared in a sentence
- Additionally, infrareds tend to cook food faster so there's less time to render said fat.2020, Jenny Dorsey, The Infrared Grill Master: Recipes and Techniques for Perfectly Seared, Deliciously Smokey BBQ Every Time:
- Although infrared divergences are of long-distance nature, they often play an essential role in the verification of the validity of the perturbative treatment of short-distance phenomena.2010, Taizo Muta, Foundations of Quantum Chromodynamics: An Introduction to Perturbative Methods in Gauge Theories, 3rd edition, →ISBN...
Antonyms of infrared
Forms of infrared
| plural | infrareds |
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Origin of infrared
From infra- + red.
Words formed from infrared
- cosmic infrared background
- infrared astronomy
- infrared camera
- infrared detector
- infrared divergence
- infrared film
- infrared filter
- infrared fixed point
- infrared homing
- infrared imagery
- infrared lamp
- infrared light
- infrared microscope
- infrared motion detector
- infrared multiphoton dissociation
- infrared photography
- infrared pointer
- infrared port
- infrared radiation
- infrared remote control
- infrared repellor
- infrared sauna
- infrared spectroscopy
- infrared thermography
- infrared thermometer
- infrared waves
- mediumwave infrared
- midinfrared
- near infrared
- noninfrared
Phrases with infrared
Questions about infrared
- What does infrared mean?
- Infrared means the electromagnetic radiation of a wavelength longer than visible light, but shorter than microwave radiation, having a wavelength between 700 nm and 1 mm.
- What is infrared in Hindi?
- Infrared in Hindi is अवरक्त (avrakt). See Infrared meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use infrared in a sentence?
- Additionally, infrareds tend to cook food faster so there's less time to render said fat.
- What part of speech is infrared?
- Infrared can be a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce infrared?
- Infrared is pronounced /ˌɪnfɹəˈɹɛd/ (UK).
- What is the plural of infrared?
- The plural of infrared is infrareds.
Words near infrared in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: infrared (page history and authors); infrared (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); infrared (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); infrared (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); infrared (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); infrared (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); infrared (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); infrared (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); infrared (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); infrared (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); infrared (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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