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UVB

UVB is the initialism of ultraviolet B.

Meaning of ultraviolet B

Noun

ultraviolet B (uncountable)

  1. The second shortest ultraviolet wavelength and the main cause of sunburn.

Questions about UVB

What is UVB the initialism of?
UVB is the initialism of ultraviolet B.

Words near UVB in the dictionary

  1. uvarovitic
  2. Uvas
  3. uvaser
  4. uvasers
  5. uvate
  6. UVB
  7. UVB-induced apoptoses
  8. UVB-induced apoptosis
  9. UVC
  10. UVCE
  11. UVCEs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: UVB (page history and authors); ultraviolet B (page history and authors). 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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