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giva
219 days ago
"X-ray light" sound a bit like beer soda.
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terminalshort
219 days ago
"X-ray" is just a word for light that falls within an arbitrary band of wavelength.
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MyOutfitIsVague
219 days ago
Yes, but so are radio waves and gamma rays; it would still sound odd to hear somebody say "radio light" or "gamma light".
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giantg2
219 days ago
I think you have it backwards - light is a term used for specific bands of the EM spectrum. Nobody is calling their FM radio waves light emissions. Unless this is a naming collison with the already established x-rays.
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CamperBob2
219 days ago
It's an established term in physics. E.g.,
https://lightsources.org/
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mikkupikku
219 days ago
Everybody says "ultraviolet light" even though it's invisible.
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ThePowerOfFuet
219 days ago
Not all light is visible.
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mikkupikku
219 days ago
Right, hence "visible light". So I don't see the problem with saying x-ray light either.
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