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How to pronounce light
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What does light mean?
nounElectromagnetic radiation in the wavelength range visible to the human eye (about 400–750 nanometers): visible light.
“When the studio light is on, I am recording my evening show.”
Electromagnetic radiation in the wavelength range visible to the human eye or in nearby ranges (infrared or ultraviolet radiation).
Electromagnetic radiation of any wavelength.
verbTo start (a fire).
“We lit the fire to get some heat.”
To set fire to; to set burning.
“She lit her last match.”
To illuminate; to provide light for when it is dark.
“I used my torch to light the way home through the woods in the night.”
adjHaving light; bright; clear; not dark or obscure.
“The room is light when the Sun shines through the window.”
Pale or whitish in color; highly luminous and more or less deficient in chroma.
“She had light skin.”
Served with extra milk or cream.
“Do you want your coffee light or black? -I like mine light.”
advCarrying little.
“I prefer to travel light.”
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