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Infrared vs Pseudophotosphere - What's the difference?

infrared | pseudophotosphere |

As nouns the difference between infrared and pseudophotosphere

is that infrared is electromagnetic radiation of a wavelength longer than visible light, but shorter than microwave radiation, having a wavelength between 700 nm and 1 mm while pseudophotosphere is (astronomy) the equivalent of a photosphere in radiation other than visible light (especially in infrared).

As an adjective infrared

is having the wavelength in the infrared.

infrared

Noun

(en noun)
  • electromagnetic radiation of a wavelength longer than visible light, but shorter than microwave radiation, having a wavelength between 700 nm and 1 mm
  • Adjective

    (-)
  • Having the wavelength in the infrared.
  • infrared light
    infrared waves
    infrared radiation
  • In the infrared spectrum.
  • Derived terms

    * infrared astronomy * infrared camera * infrared detector * infrared divergence * infrared film * infrared filter * infrared fixed point * infrared homing * infrared imagery * infrared lamp * infrared microscope * infrared motion detector * infrared multiphoton dissociation * infrared photography * infrared pointer * infrared port * infrared radiation * infrared remote control * infrared repellor * infrared sauna * infrared spectroscopy * infrared thermometer

    pseudophotosphere

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (astronomy) The equivalent of a photosphere in radiation other than visible light (especially in infrared)