How to Use infrared in a Sentence

infrared

adjective
  • From the infrared sauna to the cedar plunge pool, recharge with canyon views and faint ocean sprays.
    Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 2 Nov. 2024
  • But an infrared camera can pick up things from heat in the dark.
    The Conversation, Fortune, 6 Feb. 2023
  • The idea would be to take a blood sample from a patient and expose it to a very short infrared pulse.
    Andrew Joseph, STAT, 3 Oct. 2023
  • Spitzer’s infrared swirls of dust and gas clouds are portrayed by a piano.
    Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Nov. 2023
  • But until now, no building films could do the same for mid-infrared heat.
    Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 27 Feb. 2023
  • The infrared light generates heat that is then transferred to the hair, says George.
    Allure Editors, Allure, 13 Sep. 2022
  • Done properly, the infrared camera can show the cold and hot spots in the walls, ceilings, and floors.
    Mark Philben, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Jan. 2022
  • Work out in your private gym and relax in an infrared sauna.
    Allie Beth Allman & Associates, Dallas News, 23 July 2023
  • So if the target jams the radar, the missile switches to infrared guidance.
    David Axe, Forbes, 14 Sep. 2021
  • Below, the top 9 infrared sauna blankets to reap the benefits of heat stress at home.
    Talene Appleton, Men's Health, 8 Aug. 2023
  • Even with infrared sensors, the team did not see movement.
    New York Times, 12 Dec. 2021
  • The device is equipped with an infrared camera that measures the stress levels and overall health of the turf.
    David Waldstein, New York Times, 20 June 2023
  • The 35-pound Javelin ranges as far as 2.5 miles under infrared guidance.
    David Axe, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Peer through the device’s viewfinder while scanning the room with its infrared light.
    Stack Commerce, Popular Science, 10 Oct. 2024
  • An infrared camera near the pen's point tracks your writing strokes.
    Medea Giordano, Wired, 26 Sep. 2021
  • During the night, the researchers filmed the arachnids with an infrared camera.
    Carolyn Wilke, New York Times, 8 Aug. 2022
  • One used infrared light with a narrow bandwidth, and a second one with 70mm film.
    Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 24 Oct. 2023
  • The nebula is imaged here in infrared light by the James Webb Space Telescope.
    Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 8 Feb. 2024
  • The sunshield is both an infrared telescope’s only hope and its Achilles heel.
    Quanta Magazine, 3 Dec. 2021
  • As the leak wore on, video captured by an infrared camera showed clouds of oily gas blanketing the area.
    Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2022
  • The system uses infrared cameras to make sure the driver is awake.
    Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 4 Mar. 2022
  • Tucked into a quiet corner, there’s a cold plunge tub and an infrared sauna for at-home spa days.
    Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 25 July 2024
  • In the dark, its crew spots targets by way of an infrared spotlight that betrays the tank’s position.
    David Axe, Forbes, 1 Apr. 2023
  • An infrared depth sensor, like the one that enables Apple's Face ID feature, sits on the front.
    PCMAG, 15 Mar. 2022
  • Mike hopes the patio will be a hangout spot year-round with the addition of ceiling fans and infrared heaters.
    Megha McSwain, Chron, 21 June 2022
  • In addition to the sauna, there's an infrared cabin and indoor pool.
    Yasemen Kaner-White, theweek, 25 Oct. 2024
  • Take pulse oximeters, which use red and infrared light to measure blood oxygen.
    Victoria Song, The Verge, 18 Mar. 2023
  • Instead, Jimin pours champagne into a shower of glass and takes shots in a mess of bodies and infrared heat.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 24 Mar. 2023
  • The result was hundreds of highly detailed light curves showing how each wavelength of infrared light changed in brightness as SIMP 0136 rotated.
    Robert Lea, Space.com, 3 Mar. 2025
  • The results generated hundreds of wavelength measurements across the infrared light spectrum that McCarthy’s team could analyze for changes over the course of its speedy rotation.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 5 Mar. 2025

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