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Infrared   /ˌɪnfrərˈɛd/   Listen
adjective
Infra-red, Infrared  adj.  
1.
(Physics) Lying outside the visible spectrum at its red end; said of rays having a longer wavelength (and thus less refrangible) than the extreme red rays, specifically those electromagnetic waves having a wavelength of between 700 nanometers and 1 millimeter.
2.
Relating to, using, or producing infrared radiation.
3.
Affected by infrared radiation; as, infrared detector; infrared film.





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"Infrared" Quotes from Famous Books



... 1. [Fairchild] A particularly slick little piece of code that does one thing well; a small, self-contained hack. The image is of a hamster {happily} spinning its exercise wheel. 2. A tailless mouse; that is, one with an infrared link to a receiver on the machine, as opposed to the conventional cable. 3. [UK] Any item of hardware made by Amstrad, a company famous ...
— The Jargon File, Version 4.0.0
... come into its own through missile electronics. Infrared—since it cannot be jammed—appears to be challenging radar for use in guidance devices, tracking systems, and reconnaissance vehicles. Infrared is being used industrially to measure the compositions ...
— The Practical Values of Space Exploration • Committee on Science and Astronautics
... cool. Wind rustled in the ground vegetation and the occasional patches of trees. Otherwise the slopes were quiet. The sky was covered with cloud layers through which the Mooncat drifted invisibly. In the infrared glasses Dasinger had slipped on when he started, the rocky hillside showed clear for two hundred yards, tinted green as though bathed by a strange moonlight; ...
— The Star Hyacinths • James H. Schmitz
... Photo Reconnaissance Laboratory. I asked them if there was any possible situation that could cause this. They said yes. An intensely bright light source which had a color far over in the red end of the spectrum, bordering on infrared, could do it. The eye is not sensitive to such a light, it could appear dim to the eye yet be "bright" to the film. I asked them what kind of a light source would cause this. There were several things, if you want to speculate, they ...
— The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects • Edward Ruppelt


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