Wood's light
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Wood's light — also Wood light n WOOD S LAMP also ultraviolet radiation produced by a Wood s lamp * * * ultraviolet light filtered through a nickel oxide prism, which causes fluorescence in skin and hair affected by some fungal and bacterial infections and is… … Medical dictionary
Wood's light — ☆ Wood s light [woodz ] n. [after R. W. Wood (1868 1955), U.S. physicist] ultraviolet light filtered through glass containing nickel oxide, used in detecting forgeries, in detecting microbes in hair, etc … English World dictionary
Wood Island Light — Infobox lighthouse caption = Wood Island Light on a cloudy July afternoon. location = Biddeford, Maine coordinates = coord|43|27|24|N|70|19|42|W|region:US type:landmark yearbuilt = 1808 yearlit = 1858 (current tower) automated = 1986… … Wikipedia
Wood End Light Lookout Station — Infobox nrhp | name =Wood End Light Lookout Station nrhp type = caption = location= Provincetown, Massachusetts lat degrees = 42 lat minutes = 1 lat seconds = 13 lat direction = N long degrees = 70 long minutes = 11 long seconds = 36 long… … Wikipedia
Wood's light — ultraviolet light filtered through a nickel oxide prism, which causes fluorescence in skin and hair affected by some fungal and bacterial infections and is therefore useful in diagnosis. For example, erythrasma fluoresces coral pink, while scalp… … The new mediacal dictionary
wood's light — ˈwu̇dz noun Usage: usually capitalized W Etymology: after Robert W. Wood died 1955 American physicist : ultraviolet obtained from a suitable source (as an arc) by means of a special filter and used to reveal the presence of fluorescent minerals,… … Useful english dictionary
Wood Island — may refer to:*Wood Island, an alternate name for Yerba Buena Island in the San Francisco Bay part of the city of San Francisco, California , the United States. *Wood Island Light, a lighthouse on Wood Island in Saco Bay, Maine, USA. *Wood Island… … Wikipedia
Wood's lamp — A Wood s lamp is a diagnostic tool used in dermatology by which ultraviolet light is shone (at a wavelength of approximately 365 nanometers) onto the skin of the patient; a technician then observes any subsequent fluorescence. For example,… … Wikipedia
Wood Group — Das Logo der Gruppe Die Wood Group (WG, eigentlich John Wood Group) ist eine international tätige britische Unternehmensgruppe, die sich mit Dienstleistungen im Bereich der Erschließung und Ausbeutung von Erdöl und Gasvorkommen befasst. Die… … Deutsch Wikipedia
wood — noun 1 what trees are made of ADJECTIVE ▪ hard ▪ soft ▪ Pine is a soft wood. ▪ dark ▪ The house had dark wood floors … Collocations dictionary
