The sudden increase of ultraviolet rays made the researchers believe in the existence of ozone holes.
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Ultraviolet
//ˌʌltɹəˈvaɪələt//
Synonyms for "ultraviolet" (12 found)
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Noun(1 words)
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Related words (6)
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3 entriesTranslations
51 translations across 38 languages.
Belarusian
1 entries- ультрафіяле́тавы adj (radiation with wavelengths from 380 to 10 nanometres)
Catalan
2 entries- ultraviolat adj (radiation with wavelengths from 380 to 10 nanometres)
- ultraviolat noun (colour)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 紫外 adj (radiation with wavelengths from 380 to 10 nanometres)
Czech
1 entries- ultrafialový adj (radiation with wavelengths from 380 to 10 nanometres)
Danish
1 entries- ultraviolet adj (radiation with wavelengths from 380 to 10 nanometres)
Dutch
1 entries- ultraviolet adj (radiation with wavelengths from 380 to 10 nanometres)
Esperanto
1 entries- ultraviola adj (radiation with wavelengths from 380 to 10 nanometres)
Finnish
1 entries- ultravioletti adj (radiation with wavelengths from 380 to 10 nanometres)
French
1 entries- ultraviolet adj (radiation with wavelengths from 380 to 10 nanometres)
Galician
1 entries- ultravioleta adj (radiation with wavelengths from 380 to 10 nanometres)
Georgian
1 entries- ულტრაიისფერი adj (radiation with wavelengths from 380 to 10 nanometres)
German
2 entries- ultraviolett adj (radiation with wavelengths from 380 to 10 nanometres)
- Ultraviolett noun (colour)
Hindi
2 entries- अतिनील adj (radiation with wavelengths from 380 to 10 nanometres)
- पराबैंगनी adj (radiation with wavelengths from 380 to 10 nanometres)
Hungarian
3 entries- ibolyántúli adj (radiation with wavelengths from 380 to 10 nanometres)
- ultraibolya adj (radiation with wavelengths from 380 to 10 nanometres)
- ultraviola adj (radiation with wavelengths from 380 to 10 nanometres)
Icelandic
1 entries- útfjólublátt adj (radiation with wavelengths from 380 to 10 nanometres)
Interlingua
1 entries- ultraviolette adj (radiation with wavelengths from 380 to 10 nanometres)
Irish
1 entries- ultraivialait adj (radiation with wavelengths from 380 to 10 nanometres)
Italian
1 entries- ultravioletto adj (radiation with wavelengths from 380 to 10 nanometres)
Japanese
2 entries- 紫外線の adj (radiation with wavelengths from 380 to 10 nanometres)
- 紫外 noun (colour)
Kazakh
1 entries- ультракүлгін adj (radiation with wavelengths from 380 to 10 nanometres)
Khmer
2 entries- ស្វាយអ៊ុលត្រា adj (radiation with wavelengths from 380 to 10 nanometres)
- អ៊ុលត្រាវីយូឡេ adj (radiation with wavelengths from 380 to 10 nanometres)
Macedonian
1 entries- ултравиоле́тов adj (radiation with wavelengths from 380 to 10 nanometres)
Malay
1 entries- ultraungu adj (radiation with wavelengths from 380 to 10 nanometres)
Mongolian
1 entries- хэт ягаан adj (radiation with wavelengths from 380 to 10 nanometres)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- tîroja serbinefşî adj (radiation with wavelengths from 380 to 10 nanometres)
Norwegian
1 entries- ultrafiolett adj (radiation with wavelengths from 380 to 10 nanometres)
Persian
1 entries- فرابنفش adj (radiation with wavelengths from 380 to 10 nanometres)
Polish
2 entries- ultrafioletowy adj (radiation with wavelengths from 380 to 10 nanometres)
- ultrafiolet noun (colour)
Portuguese
2 entries- ultravioleta adj (radiation with wavelengths from 380 to 10 nanometres)
- ultravioleta noun (colour)
Russian
2 entries- ультрафиоле́товый adj (radiation with wavelengths from 380 to 10 nanometres)
- ультрафиоле́т noun (colour)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- os-bhiolait adj (radiation with wavelengths from 380 to 10 nanometres)
- os-bhiolait noun (colour)
Spanish
1 entries- ultravioleta adj (radiation with wavelengths from 380 to 10 nanometres)
Swahili
1 entries- urujuanimno noun (colour)
Swedish
1 entries- ultraviolett adj (radiation with wavelengths from 380 to 10 nanometres)
Turkish
2 entries- morötesi adj (radiation with wavelengths from 380 to 10 nanometres)
- ultraviyole adj (radiation with wavelengths from 380 to 10 nanometres)
Ukrainian
1 entries- ультрафіоле́товий adj (radiation with wavelengths from 380 to 10 nanometres)
Vietnamese
2 entries- cực tím adj (radiation with wavelengths from 380 to 10 nanometres)
- tử ngoại adj (radiation with wavelengths from 380 to 10 nanometres)
Welsh
1 entries- uwchfioled adj (radiation with wavelengths from 380 to 10 nanometres)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
Ultraviolet rays are harmful to us.
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Ultraviolet rays can cause skin cancer.
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He put on sunglasses to protect his eyes from ultraviolet rays.
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