ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ultraviolet radiation mean? 

• ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION (noun)
  The noun ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION has 1 sense:

1. radiation lying in the ultraviolet range; wave lengths shorter than light but longer than X rays

  Familiarity information: ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Radiation lying in the ultraviolet range; wave lengths shorter than light but longer than X rays

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Synonyms:

ultraviolet; ultraviolet illumination; ultraviolet light; ultraviolet radiation; UV

Hypernyms ("ultraviolet radiation" is a kind of...):

actinic radiation; actinic ray (electromagnetic radiation that can produce photochemical reactions)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ultraviolet radiation"):

sun-ray; sunray (a ray of artificial ultraviolet light from a sunray lamp)

 Context examples 

Special tests used to measure the reaction of the skin to ultraviolet radiation.

(Phototesting, NCI Dictionary)

The enzyme repairs damage caused by ultraviolet radiation.

(Dimericine, NCI Dictionary)

This allele, which encodes DNA damage-binding protein 1, plays a role in the mediation of repair to DNA damaged by ultraviolet radiation and the regulation of protein ubiquitination.

(DDB1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

A derivative of the amino acid histidine, formed in the mammalian skin from trans-urocanic acid upon ultraviolet radiation, and protodynamic agent, with potential anti-inflammatory and antiproliferative activity.

(cis-Urocanic Acid, NCI Thesaurus)

Examples of mutagens include radioactive substances, x-rays, ultraviolet radiation, and certain chemicals.

(Mutagen, NCI Dictionary)

Increased melanocyte melanin may protect against ultraviolet radiation (UVR)-initiated cellular DNA damage, oxidation of membrane proteins, and alterations in intracellular signaling processes in epidermal cells.

(Afamelanotide, NCI Thesaurus)

Without enough good ozone, people may get too much ultraviolet radiation.

(Ozone, Environmental Protection Agency)

Drugs that are pharmacologically inactive but when exposed to ultraviolet radiation or sunlight are converted to their active metabolite to produce a beneficial reaction affecting the diseased tissue.

(Photosensitizing agent, NCI Thesaurus)

Absorption of ultraviolet radiation by Phenylalanine is used to quantify protein amounts.

(Phenylalanine, NCI Thesaurus)

Adapalene may increase dermal sensitivity to ultraviolet radiation.

(Adapalene, NCI Thesaurus)