Infrared vs Reflectography - What's the difference?
infrared | reflectography |
electromagnetic radiation of a wavelength longer than visible light, but shorter than microwave radiation, having a wavelength between 700 nm and 1 mm
Having the wavelength in the infrared.
In the infrared spectrum.
An infrared technique used by art historians to detect layers beneath the top surface of a painting and thus determine whether it is an original.
*{{quote-news, year=2008, date=June 8, author=J. D. Biersdorfer, title=What Lies Beneath Can Tell Another Tale, work=New York Times
, passage=IF a picture is worth the proverbial thousand words, taking a peek under the paint using infrared reflectography surely adds a few thousand more — especially when it comes to a work as detailed as the enormous 15th-century altarpiece from the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Ascension in Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain. }}
As nouns the difference between infrared and reflectography
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 reflectography is an infrared technique used by art historians to detect layers beneath the top surface of a painting and thus determine whether it is an original.As an adjective infrared
is having the wavelength in the infrared.infrared
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(wikipedia infrared)Noun
(en noun)Adjective
(-)- infrared light
- infrared waves
- infrared radiation
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 thermometerreflectography
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