Synonyms for infrared
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1. infrared, infrared frequencynoun

   the infrared region of the electromagnetic spectrum; electromagnetic wave frequencies below the visible range

   "they could sense radiation in the infrared"

   Synonyms:
   infrared emission, infrared light, infrared radiation, infrared frequency

   Antonyms:
   seeable, visible

2. infrared, infrared light, infrared radiation, infrared emissionadjective

   electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths longer than visible light but shorter than radio waves

   Synonyms:
   infrared emission, infrared light, infrared radiation, infrared frequency

   Antonyms:
   seeable, visible

3. infraredadjective

   having or employing wavelengths longer than light but shorter than radio waves; lying outside the visible spectrum at its red end

   "infrared radiation"; "infrared photography"

   Antonyms:
   visible, seeable

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1. List of paraphrases for "infrared":

   infra-red, ir, infrarouge, i.r.

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1. List of known nicknames for "Infrared":

   Infra red nz, Infa-red, Infared, Infrared nz

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1. John Mather:

   We want to know, how did we get here from the Big Bang ? we want to look at those first galaxies growing. There are dark areas of dust skewing our view of those earliest times when the stars are growing, but we can see them with infrared.

2. Danny Milisavljevic:

   Cas A represents our best opportunity to look at the debris field of an exploded star and run a kind of stellar autopsy to understand what type of star was there beforehand and how that star exploded, compared to previous infrared images, we see incredible detail that we haven’t been able to access before.

3. Sean Kirkpatrick:

   This is in the infrared, this is the heat signature off the engines in a commuter aircraft that happened to be flying in the vicinity of where those two MQ9s were at.

4. Geoffrey Carter:

   The infrared looks for a flash from a gunshot and the acoustics listens for the bang, so we get the flash and the bang, and then we cue the operator. The accoustics get us very accurate azimuth, or bearing, to the threat. The combination of knowing the speed of light and the speed of sound, we’re able to get the distance in the time of arrival to the threat.

5. John Mather:

   We'll look at our own solar system with new infrared eyes, looking for chemical traces of our history, and tracking down mysteries like Jupiter's Great Red Spot, composition of the ocean under the ice of Europa, and the atmosphere of Saturn's giant moon Titan.