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black light:

see ultraviolet radiationultraviolet radiation,
invisible electromagnetic radiation between visible violet light and X rays; it ranges in wavelength from about 400 to 4 nanometers and in frequency from about 10¹⁵ to 10¹⁷ hertz.
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black light

[′blak ‚līt]

(optics)

Invisible light, such as ultraviolet rays which fall on fluorescent materials and cause them to emit visible light.

black light

Invisible ultraviolet electromagnetic energy near the visible spectrum; useful for exciting fluorescent paints, dyes, etc., so that they become visible.

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Classics by legendary auteurs, avant-garde works by film artists, genres, and genre mixes of many types, they all can be found in Black Light, because there is no one conception of black cinema, or one conception of black people," he added.

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