actinic radiation

1. 1.

   electromagnetic radiation that can produce photochemical reactions

   Synonymsactinic ray

   Broaderelectromagnetic radiation

   Narrowerinfraredlightultraviolet

   Part ofelectromagnetic spectrum

Questions about actinic radiation

What does actinic radiation mean?

actinic radiation means "electromagnetic radiation that can produce photochemical reactions".

What is another word for actinic radiation?

Close synonyms include actinic ray. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is actinic radiation a common word?

actinic radiation is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.