Infrared rays

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
IR
Pronunciation
/ˌɪnfrərˈɛd reɪz/
Category
Miscellaneous
Related Field
Unclassified

Examples in Context

  1. The plastic blocks infrared rays from sunlight.
  2. Objcetive To study the advantages of treating large serious bed sores by gentamicin and infrared rays.
  3. 10. Other forms of radiant energy familiar to us are radio waves, infrared rays, ultra-violet rays, X rays, and gamma rays.
  4. The plastic material uses nanotechnology and contains the first solar cells able to harness the sun's invisible, infrared rays.
  5. This is necessary because the infrared rays have longer wave lengths than the visible light rays you see and focus with, and the camera lens focuses them slightly further back inside the camera.

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