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11White — This article is about the color. For other uses, see White (disambiguation). white light redirects here. For other uses, see White Light. White   Common connotations  ghos …
12Black-body radiation — * The electromagnetic radiation emitted by a black body.You may also be looking for: *Incandescence, the radiation from a body that is hot enough to give off visible light *Planck s law of black body radiation, describing intensity vs. wavelength …
13Rope trick effect — Rope trick is the term given by physicist John Malik to the curious lines and spikes which emanate from the fireball of certain nuclear explosions just after detonation.DescriptionThe photograph at the right specifically shows two unusual… …
14lamp — lampless, adj. /lamp/, n. 1. any of various devices furnishing artificial light, as by electricity or gas. Cf. fluorescent lamp, incandescent lamp. 2. a container for an inflammable liquid, as oil, which is burned at a wick as a means of… …
15star — starless, adj. /stahr/, n., adj., v., starred, starring. n. 1. any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night. 2. Astron. any of the large, self luminous, heavenly bodies, as the sun, Polaris,… …
16light — Synonyms and related words: ASA scale, Anschauung, British candle, Hefner candle, Mickey Mouse, Paphian, Scheiner scale, Very flare, abuse, accented, account, acquaintance, active, aerial, aeriform, aery, agile, airish, airlike, airy, alabaster,… …
17glow — n 1. subdued light, glowing, afterglow; incandescence, luminosity, phosphorescence; luster, shine, iridescence; splendor, brilliance, radiance, reful gency, effulgence; illumination, flash, glare, beam, ray, shaft; streak, patch, coruscation,… …
18Spectrometer — This article is about Spectrometers. For the spectral density measuring instrument, see Spectrogram. Grating spectrometer schematic A spectrometer (spectrophotometer, spectrograph or spectroscope) is an instrument used to measure properties of… …
19Electroluminescence — Animation of LCD, both unlit and with electroluminescent backlight switched on …
20Arc lamp — The electric arc in an arc lamp consists of gas which is initially ionized by a voltage and is therefore electrically conductive. To start an arc lamp, usually a very high voltage is needed to ignite or strike the arc. This requires an electrical …
