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  • adjective Alternative form of infrared.

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Examples

  • The second invisibility is that those same gases such as CO2 and methane have molecules shaped in such a way that, although they let hot visible light pass through them, they don't give a pass to the hot light called infra-red light.

    ABC News: Top Stories 2011

  • As winter on the mysterious smoggy moon recently turned to spring, researchers using an infra-red camera aboard NASA's Cassini spacecraft detected signs of a "substantial" spring rain of the liquefied natural gas sprinkling across vast fields of dunes near Titan's equator.

    The Rain on This Plain Is Mainly Methane Robert Lee Hotz 2011

  • It has sonar and radar systems, infra-red lighting and storage for dummy torpedoes in the sleeping quarters.

    In search of the Lancashire U-boat commander Helen Carter 2010

  • New infra-red camera footage of the rare Javan rhino in its natural habitat, here or here.

    Javan Rhino Footage 2009

  • The console is able to detect where the urine is falling through the use of an infra-red device.

    Play while you pee: urinal-based games console granted patent 2011

  • Not only do the cameras see in natural light, but they see in infra-red, and in radio frequencies.

    Messages to Mars Hugh Barlow 2011

  • But to an infra-red telescope it's opaque; you can't look through too much, and less is always better.

    A new unit of humidity? AYDIN 2009

  • This led to the use of infra-red light frequencies, or those that are not visible to the naked eye.

    Med Shirt | SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles 2009

  • It was white to help the suit reflect the visible light and infra-red light that would draw heat into the suit.

    Around a Sun Named Inferno Hugh Barlow 2011

  • Captive Media's urinal-based games console is able to detect where urine is falling through the use of an infra-red device.

    Play while you pee: urinal-based games console granted patent 2011

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