infrared

1. 1.

   having or employing wavelengths longer than light but shorter than radio waves; lying outside the visible spectrum at its red end

   “infrared radiation”

   “infrared photography”

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Other forms of infrared

plural

infrareds·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about infrared

What does infrared mean?

infrared means "the infrared region of the electromagnetic spectrum; electromagnetic wave frequencies below the visible range". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in infrared?

infrared has 3 syllables: in-fra-red. The stress falls on "red". In IPA it is /ˌɪnfɹɚˈɛd/.

What is another word for infrared?

Close synonyms include infrared frequency, infrared light, infrared radiation, infrared emission. 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 infrared a common word?

infrared is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with infrared?

1 word rhymes with infrared. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.