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Definition: That portion of the electromagnetic spectrum in the visible, ultraviolet, and infrared range.  differentiate from LIGHTING (the environment); light scattering  consider also terms at PHOTIC and PHOTO- 
See Also Lighting; Luminescent Measurements; Photic Stimulation; Photobiology; Photochemistry; Photochemotherapy; Photometry; Photosensitivity Disorders; Photosynthesis; Phototherapy; Phototropism; Sunlight; Ultraviolet Therapy
Examples Incandescence; Infrared Rays; Luminescence; Photons; Sunlight; Ultraviolet Rays 		Other names Radiation, Visible; Photoradiation; Light, Visible; Visible Radiations; Visible Light; Radiations, Visible; Photoradiations; Visible Radiation

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