visible spectrum

noun Physics.
the range of wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation that is normally visible, from 380 to 760 nm.
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visible spectrum vis·i·ble spectrum (vĭz'ə-bəl)
n.
The part of the electromagnetic spectrum visible to the human eye, extending from extreme red, 760.6 nanometers, to extreme violet, 393.4 nanometers.

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Example sentences
Sorry, but some of us are not trained to understand visible spectrum photos
  from space.
Plants that relied at times mostly on the dim red dwarf might need light from
  all across the visible spectrum.
But in some places, it's so frigid that light can't radiate in the visible
  spectrum, which makes celestial bodies invisible.
Reflects the visible spectrum, along with some of the low-frequency infrared.
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