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by giantg2 223 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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It's an established term in physics. E.g., https://lightsources.org/
Everybody says "ultraviolet light" even though it's invisible.
Not all light is visible.
Right, hence "visible light". So I don't see the problem with saying x-ray light either.