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RADIANT ENERGY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does radiant energy mean?
• RADIANT ENERGY (noun)
The noun RADIANT ENERGY has 1 sense:
1. energy that is transmitted in the form of (electromagnetic) radiation; energy that exists in the absence of matter
Familiarity information: RADIANT ENERGY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Energy that is transmitted in the form of (electromagnetic) radiation; energy that exists in the absence of matter
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("radiant energy" is a kind of...):
energy; free energy ((physics) a thermodynamic quantity equivalent to the capacity of a physical system to do work; the units of energy are joules or ergs)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "radiant energy"):
luminous energy (the energy associated with visible light)
Context examples
The rod-like part of certain heaters from which the radiant energy is released.
(Heater Rod Device Component, NCI Thesaurus)
The production of light by certain living organisms, including fireflies and phytoplankton, by the conversion of chemical to radiant energy.
(Bioluminescence, NCI Thesaurus)
A unit of radiant exposure equal to radiant energy of one joule arriving upon a surface area of one square centimeter.
(Joule per Square Centimeter, NCI Thesaurus)
The hue of that portion of the visible spectrum lying between red and yellow, evoked in the human observer by radiant energy with wavelengths of approximately 590 to 630 nanometers; any of a group of colors between red and yellow in hue, of medium lightness and moderate saturation.
(Orange, NCI Thesaurus)
The hue of that portion of the visible spectrum lying between yellow and blue, evoked in the human observer by radiant energy with wavelengths of approximately 490 to 570 nanometers; any of a group of colors that may vary in lightness and saturation and whose hue is that of the emerald or somewhat less yellow than that of growing grass.
(Green, NCI Thesaurus)
The hue of that portion of the visible spectrum lying between green and indigo, evoked in the human observer by radiant energy with wavelengths of approximately 420 to 490 nanometers; any of a group of colors that may vary in lightness and saturation, whose hue is that of a clear daytime sky.
(Blue, NCI Thesaurus)
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