Infrared
adjective
Infrared refers to a type of light that we cannot see with our eyes but can feel as heat.
Some animals, like snakes, can see in infrared.
Often appears as...
- infrared light
- infrared radiation
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Technical
noun
Infrared is a type of light that is invisible to the human eye, but can be felt as heat or detected by special devices.
Infrared technology is widely used in night vision devices.
Often appears as...
- infrared waves
- infrared imaging
Usage tips
Academic
adjective
Infrared refers to a type of light that we cannot see with our eyes but can feel as heat.
Some animals, like snakes, can see in infrared.
Often appears as...
- infrared light
- infrared radiation
Usage tips
Technical
noun
Infrared is a type of light that is invisible to the human eye, but can be felt as heat or detected by special devices.
Infrared technology is widely used in night vision devices.
Often appears as...
- infrared waves
- infrared imaging
Usage tips
Academic
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Technological Uses
Used often to discuss technologies for heat sensing and night vision.
Infrared cameras are essential for capturing wildlife at night.
Pro Tip 2/3Feeling Heat
Infrared is frequently associated with warmth; devices may emit infrared to produce heat.
The room was equipped with an infrared heater.
Pro Tip 3/3Scientific Context
Often used in scientific and technical discussions about wavelengths and energy.
This material has a high absorption rate in the infrared spectrum.
Pro Tip 1/3Technological Uses
Used often to discuss technologies for heat sensing and night vision.
Infrared cameras are essential for capturing wildlife at night.
Pro Tip 2/3Feeling Heat
Infrared is frequently associated with warmth; devices may emit infrared to produce heat.
The room was equipped with an infrared heater.
Pro Tip 3/3Scientific Context
Often used in scientific and technical discussions about wavelengths and energy.
This material has a high absorption rate in the infrared spectrum.
Pro Tip 1/3Technological Uses
Used often to discuss technologies for heat sensing and night vision.
Infrared cameras are essential for capturing wildlife at night.
Pro Tip 2/3Feeling Heat
Infrared is frequently associated with warmth; devices may emit infrared to produce heat.
The room was equipped with an infrared heater.
Pro Tip 3/3Scientific Context
Often used in scientific and technical discussions about wavelengths and energy.
This material has a high absorption rate in the infrared spectrum.
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George Steinmetz: Seeing...
lost but you get up and you can understand the shapes of things and for for human elements you just have to go and spend time and talk to people and find things this is a man who let his camels out to graze earlier in the early morning on the edge of the empty quarter and the other way we tried to get pictures with infrared cameras that were triggered by the animals coming to drink
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How quantum mechanics...
of electromagnetic radiation, which includes radio waves, microwaves, infrared, ultraviolet, x-rays, and gamma rays. It may seem strange to think of these things as light, but there is no fundamental difference between visible light and other electromagnetic radiation. It's the same energy,
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How do we study the...
We can also study the infrared light, emitted by colder objects, like the gas and dust clouds in space, and the ultraviolet light from the hot stars recently born from those clouds. Studying different wavelengths not only gives us a more complete picture of any single object
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The language of lying —...
blood-pressure and breathing monitors, voice-stress analyzers, eye trackers, infrared brain scanners, and even the 400-pound electroencephalogram. But although such tools have worked under certain circumstances, most can be fooled with enough preparation,
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Why neutrinos matter -...
The neutrinos it detects should finally tell us where cosmic rays come from and how they reached such extreme energies. Light, from infrared, to x-rays, to gamma rays, has given us increasingly energetic and continuously surprising views of the universe.
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Wii remote hacks PIPE...
so you can swing a tennis racket, or hit a baseball bat. But what actually interests me a lot more is the fact that in the tip of each controller is a relatively high-performing infrared camera. And I'm going to show you two demos of why this is useful.
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Extraordinary Lion Hunt...
with the latest infrared technology to try again. As usual, they were sleeping. I would have to wait for darkness.
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Beaver Lodge Construction...
Our infrared lights, however, are no longer welcome, it seems.
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Poetry for the Red White...
360 degrees the infrared scopes could see through
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A Collection Of Autumn...
food our infrared lights however are no
Video examples
George Steinmetz: Seeing...
lost but you get up and you can understand the shapes of things and for for human elements you just have to go and spend time and talk to people and find things this is a man who let his camels out to graze earlier in the early morning on the edge of the empty quarter and the other way we tried to get pictures with infrared cameras that were triggered by the animals coming to drink
Video examples
How quantum mechanics...
of electromagnetic radiation, which includes radio waves, microwaves, infrared, ultraviolet, x-rays, and gamma rays. It may seem strange to think of these things as light, but there is no fundamental difference between visible light and other electromagnetic radiation. It's the same energy,
Video examples
How do we study the...
We can also study the infrared light, emitted by colder objects, like the gas and dust clouds in space, and the ultraviolet light from the hot stars recently born from those clouds. Studying different wavelengths not only gives us a more complete picture of any single object
Video examples
The language of lying —...
blood-pressure and breathing monitors, voice-stress analyzers, eye trackers, infrared brain scanners, and even the 400-pound electroencephalogram. But although such tools have worked under certain circumstances, most can be fooled with enough preparation,
Video examples
Why neutrinos matter -...
The neutrinos it detects should finally tell us where cosmic rays come from and how they reached such extreme energies. Light, from infrared, to x-rays, to gamma rays, has given us increasingly energetic and continuously surprising views of the universe.
Video examples
Wii remote hacks PIPE...
so you can swing a tennis racket, or hit a baseball bat. But what actually interests me a lot more is the fact that in the tip of each controller is a relatively high-performing infrared camera. And I'm going to show you two demos of why this is useful.
Video examples
Extraordinary Lion Hunt...
with the latest infrared technology to try again. As usual, they were sleeping. I would have to wait for darkness.
Video examples
Beaver Lodge Construction...
Our infrared lights, however, are no longer welcome, it seems.
Video examples
Poetry for the Red White...
360 degrees the infrared scopes could see through
Video examples
A Collection Of Autumn...
food our infrared lights however are no
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Carrie Nugent
American Scientist
One of the reasons NEOWISE is so valuable is that it sees the sky in the thermal infrared. That means that instead of seeing the sunlight that asteroids reflect, NEOWISE sees the heat that they emit. This is a vital capability, since some asteroids are as dark as coal and can be difficult or impossible to spot with other telescopes.
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Seth Shostak
American Scientist
The bottom line is that finding orphan planets - small, faint, and located who-knows-where - is not for the faint of heart. The task is comparable to observing a match flame at the distance of Pluto. The WISE satellite, a hi-tech, space-based infrared telescope especially suited for such work, has found only a few.
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Raja Krishnamoorthi
American Businessman
In terms of what I wanted to do before I got into politics, I was a businessman. I ran a company that makes and sells infrared night vision military technology and solar technology, so I wanted to grow that company and pursue groundbreaking technology in each of those areas.
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Sarah Parcak
American Scientist
Archaeologists use datasets from NASA and commercial satellites, processing the information using various off-the-shelf computer programs. These datasets allow us to see beyond the visible part of the light spectrum into the near, middle, and far infrared.
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Tony Verna
American Producer
The next innovation, Sensavision, will be like a Walkman attached to your forehead. You won't actually have your head wired because infrared wires will send signals to you. In 2007 Mick Jagger will be on stage, and when Mick feels heat, you'll feel heat.
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Charles Francis Richter
American Scientist
For example, some stars put out large amounts of energy in the infrared part of the spectrum, so that this can produce a different relative magnitude rating than using light energy from the middle of the spectrum.
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Andy Serkis
English Actor
If you're in a motion-capture studio, you have spherical, reflective markers, which are picked up by cameras that emit infrared - it reflects it, and then the cameras pick up the data.
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Claude Nicollier
American Astronaut
The future infrared space telescope will cover that area in a much more efficient manner.
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Scottie Thompson
American Actress
I sit in an infrared sauna everyday and microwave myself. It's really detoxifying.
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Rob Dyrdek
Angolan Entertainer
I spend 2 hours a week in an infrared sauna.
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Carrie Nugent
American Scientist
One of the reasons NEOWISE is so valuable is that it sees the sky in the thermal infrared. That means that instead of seeing the sunlight that asteroids reflect, NEOWISE sees the heat that they emit. This is a vital capability, since some asteroids are as dark as coal and can be difficult or impossible to spot with other telescopes.
Quote examples
Seth Shostak
American Scientist
The bottom line is that finding orphan planets - small, faint, and located who-knows-where - is not for the faint of heart. The task is comparable to observing a match flame at the distance of Pluto. The WISE satellite, a hi-tech, space-based infrared telescope especially suited for such work, has found only a few.
Quote examples
Raja Krishnamoorthi
American Businessman
In terms of what I wanted to do before I got into politics, I was a businessman. I ran a company that makes and sells infrared night vision military technology and solar technology, so I wanted to grow that company and pursue groundbreaking technology in each of those areas.
Quote examples
Sarah Parcak
American Scientist
Archaeologists use datasets from NASA and commercial satellites, processing the information using various off-the-shelf computer programs. These datasets allow us to see beyond the visible part of the light spectrum into the near, middle, and far infrared.
Quote examples
Tony Verna
American Producer
The next innovation, Sensavision, will be like a Walkman attached to your forehead. You won't actually have your head wired because infrared wires will send signals to you. In 2007 Mick Jagger will be on stage, and when Mick feels heat, you'll feel heat.
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Charles Francis Richter
American Scientist
For example, some stars put out large amounts of energy in the infrared part of the spectrum, so that this can produce a different relative magnitude rating than using light energy from the middle of the spectrum.
Quote examples
Andy Serkis
English Actor
If you're in a motion-capture studio, you have spherical, reflective markers, which are picked up by cameras that emit infrared - it reflects it, and then the cameras pick up the data.
Quote examples
Claude Nicollier
American Astronaut
The future infrared space telescope will cover that area in a much more efficient manner.
Quote examples
Scottie Thompson
American Actress
I sit in an infrared sauna everyday and microwave myself. It's really detoxifying.
Quote examples
Rob Dyrdek
Angolan Entertainer
I spend 2 hours a week in an infrared sauna.
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