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ultraviolet spectrum

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ultraviolet spectrum [¦əl·trə′vī·lət ′spek·trəm]
(electromagnetism)
The range of wavelengths of ultraviolet radiation, covering 4-400 nanometers.
A display or graph of the intensity of ultraviolet radiation emitted or absorbed by a material as a function of wavelength or some related parameter.


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Using Hubble's Goddard high-resolution spectrograph, the team managed to home in on the ultraviolet spectrum of an individual star, called R136a5, even though a neighboring star in the cluster, R136a2, lies less than 0.
However, photographic equipment can visualize the ultraviolet spectrum quite well.
 
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