ULTRAVIOLET SOURCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ultraviolet source mean? 

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

1. any source of illumination that emits ultraviolet radiation

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ULTRAVIOLET SOURCE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any source of illumination that emits ultraviolet radiation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

ultraviolet lamp; ultraviolet source

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

source of illumination (any device serving as a source of visible electromagnetic radiation)

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

mercury-vapor lamp (ultraviolet lamp that emits a strong bluish light (rich in ultraviolet radiation) as electric current passes through mercury vapor)