actinic ray

1. 1.

   electromagnetic radiation that can produce photochemical reactions

   Synonymsactinic radiation

   Broaderelectromagnetic radiation

   Narrowerinfraredlightultraviolet

   Part ofelectromagnetic spectrum

Questions about actinic ray

What does actinic ray mean?

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

What is another word for actinic ray?

Close synonyms include actinic radiation. 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 ray a common word?

actinic ray 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.