Ultraviolet

• Ultraviolet (UV) radiation is electromagnetic radiation of a wavelength shorter than that of visible light, but longer than that of soft X-rays. The name means "beyond violet" (from Latin ultra, "beyond"), violet being the color of the shortest wavelength of visible light. It is colloquially called black light, as it is invisible to the human eye. UV itself can be subdivided into near UV (380-200 nm wavelength) and extreme or vacuum UV (200-10 nm). When considering the effects of UV radiation on human health, the range of UV wavelengths is often subdivided into UV-A (380-315 nm), UV-B (315-280 nm), and UV-C (280-10 nm). Ordinary glass is transparent to UV-A but is opaque to shorter wavelengths. Quartz glass, depending on quality, can be transparent even to vacuum UV wavelengths. The sun emits ultraviolet light in both the UV-A and UV-B bands, but because of absorption in the atmosphere's ozone layer, 99% of the ultraviolet light that reaches the Earth's surface is UV-A. 
  (Source: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia)
• relating to invisible light: relating to or producing electromagnetic radiation of wavelengths from about 5 to about 400 nanometers, beyond the violet end of the visible light spectrum
  (Source: Encarta® World English Dictionary)
• (1) situated beyond the visible spectrum at its violet end -- used of radiation having a wavelength shorter than wavelengths of visible light and longer than those of X rays.  (2) relating to, producing, or employing ultraviolet radiation.
  (Source: Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary)

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