How to Use infrared in a Sentence

infrared

adjective
  • But Webb’s sheer power, distant location off Earth and use of the infrared light spectrum showed them in new light.
    Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2022
  • Webb was designed to collect light across the entire red to mid-infrared spectrum – wavelengths of light that are blocked by Earth’s atmosphere.
    Silas Laycock, The Conversation, 13 July 2022
  • Bonde sourced a hand sanitizer machine which doubled as an infrared thermometer–selling it to public schools.
    Andrew Watman, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024
  • Each mirror is coated in 100 nanometers of gold to enhance its ability to reflect infrared light.
    Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2022
  • Webb’s use of the infrared light spectrum allows the telescope to see through the cosmic dust and see faraway light from the corners of the universe, scientists said.
    Seth Borenstein, ajc, 12 July 2022
  • The infrared background is caused by distant galaxies that are shrouded in dust, which absorbs light from stars and reradiates it in infrared wavelengths.
    Phil Plait, Scientific American, 4 Oct. 2024
  • We here on Earth perceive visible light in longer wavelengths as red, so the longest wavelengths of infrared light in a Webb image are rendered in red.
    Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 12 July 2022
  • Within Borealis, 216 beams of infrared light bounced around through a complicated network of prisms.
    Sophia Chen, Wired, 11 July 2022
  • The telescope’s infrared cameras were able to image hundreds of previously unseen young stars within the nebula, which is about 8,500 light years away.
    Michael Kan, PCMAG, 12 July 2022
  • The space observatory can investigate the mysteries of the universe by observing them through infrared light, which is invisible to the human eye.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN, 12 July 2022
  • 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
  • Work out in your private gym and relax in an infrared sauna.
    Allie Beth Allman & Associates, Dallas News, 23 July 2023
  • Below, the top 9 infrared sauna blankets to reap the benefits of heat stress at home.
    Talene Appleton, Men's Health, 8 Aug. 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • To confirm the chill, researchers used an infrared camera to track skin cooling over the brown fat area and heat loss in the animals’ tail.
    Emily Willingham, Scientific American, 5 June 2023
  • So, a galaxy that looked bright blue billions of years ago may appear bright in infrared light to our cameras.
    Briley Lewis, Popular Science, 16 Jan. 2023
  • Ahead, a breakdown of the best infrared sauna blankets on the market—plus more on why these hot devices are picking up steam.
    Sophie Dweck, Town & Country, 31 Mar. 2023
  • And the range is wide: igloo, electric, raft, infrared, wood-burning, and traditional smoke saunas, to name a few.
    Lisa Lucas, Washington Post, 27 Feb. 2024
  • Eye specialists may use a device called an infrared pupillometer to measure the size of the pupils.
    Troy Bedinghaus, Od, Verywell Health, 17 July 2023

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