UV
pronunciation
How to pronounce UV in British English:
UK [ˌju: ˈvi:]
How to pronounce UV in American English:
US [ˌju'vi]
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- Noun:
- radiation lying in the ultraviolet range; wave lengths shorter than light but longer than X rays
Word Origin
- UV
- abbreviation of ultraviolet, by 1928.
Example
- 1. Clothes provide different levels of uv protection depending on many factors .
- 2. Exposure to uv rays can mutate your cells and cause cancer .
- 3. The glass or plastic covering , which protects the item from pollutants and dirt , should contain uv filtering .
- 4. They work by either chemically absorbing uv rays or deflecting and bouncing them off your body .
- 5. It 's dark green because they have this particular pigment protecting them from the access of uv light .