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[[File:Dark_Side_of_the_Moon.png|250px|thumb|''Dark Side of the Moon'' album cover.]]'''Light''' is electromagnetic radiation within a certain portion of the electromagnetic spectrum.
[[Light_1943.jpg|thumb|''Dark Side of the Moon'' album cover.]]'''Light''' is electromagnetic radiation within a certain portion of the electromagnetic spectrum.


The word usually refers to visible light, which is visible to the human eye and is responsible for the sense of sight.
The word usually refers to visible light, which is visible to the human eye and is responsible for the sense of sight.
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== In the News ==
== In the News ==
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== Fiction cross-reference ==
== Fiction cross-reference ==

Revision as of 07:15, 22 June 2016

thumb|Dark Side of the Moon album cover.Light is electromagnetic radiation within a certain portion of the electromagnetic spectrum.

The word usually refers to visible light, which is visible to the human eye and is responsible for the sense of sight.

Visible light is usually defined as having wavelengths in the range of 400–700 nanometres (nm), or 4.00 × 10−7 to 7.00 × 10−7 m, between the infrared (with longer wavelengths) and the ultraviolet (with shorter wavelengths).

This wavelength means a frequency range of roughly 430–750 terahertz (THz).

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