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Luminous |
emitting or reflecting usually steady, suffused, or glowing light. |
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Radiation |
the process of emitting radiant energy in the form of waves or particles. |
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Spectrum |
continuum of color formed when a beam of white light i s dispersed (as by passage through a prism)so that its component wavelengths are arranged in order. |
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Chandeliers |
branched often ornate lighting fixture suspended from a ceiling. |
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Mirage |
an optical (see OPTICAL sense2a) effect that is sometimes seen at sea, in the desert, or over a hot pavement, that may have the appearance of a pool of water ora mirror in which distant objects are seen inverted,and that is caused by the bending or reflection of rays of light by a layer of heated air of varying density. |
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Horizon |
the line where the earth seems to meet the sky : the apparent junction of earth and sky. |
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Frequency |
the number of times that a periodic function repeats the same sequ ence of values during a unit variation of the independent variable. |
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Wavelength |
the distance in the line of advance of a wave from any one point tothe next point of corresponding phase. |
