It shrinks in the light
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PUPILIt shrinks in the light
PILSENERLight-colored beer or the glass it comes in
claretsthe red table wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France: originally it was light red or yellowish
claretthe red table wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France: originally it was light red or yellowish
bonnetsa piece of sail laced to the foot of a foresail to give it greater area in light winds
pyrophotometera type of pyrometer in which the temperature of an incandescent body is determined by photometric measurement of the light it emits
pyrophotometersPYROPHOTOMETER, a type of pyrometer in which the temperature of an incandescent body is determined by photometric measurement of the light it emits
extinctionReduction in the intensity of light or other radiation as it passes through a medium or object, due to absorption, reflection, and scattering
extinctionsReduction in the intensity of light or other radiation as it passes through a medium or object, due to absorption, reflection, and scattering
phototaxisThe bodily movement of a motile organism in response to light, either toward the source of light (positive phototaxis) or away from it (negative phototaxis)
phototaxesThe bodily movement of a motile organism in response to light, either toward the source of light (positive phototaxis) or away from it (negative phototaxis)
phototropismThe orientation of a plant or other organism in response to light, either toward the source of light (positive phototropism) or away from it (negative phototropism)
jalapicthe dried tuberous root of any of several plants, esp. Exogonium purga, of the morning glory family, or the light yellowish powder derived from it, used in medicine chiefly as a purgative
jalapthe dried tuberous root of any of several plants, esp. Exogonium purga, of the morning glory family, or the light yellowish powder derived from it, used in medicine chiefly as a purgative
jalapsthe dried tuberous root of any of several plants, esp. Exogonium purga, of the morning glory family, or the light yellowish powder derived from it, used in medicine chiefly as a purgative
melatoninhormone secreted by the pineal gland in inverse proportion to the amount of light received by the retina, important in the regulation of biorhythms: in amphibians, it causes a lightening of the skin
gegenscheinA patch of very faint nebulous light sometimes seen in the night sky opposite the position of the sun. It is thought to be the image of the sun reflected from gas and dust outside the atmosphere
universesAll existing matter and space considered as a whole; the cosmos. The universe is believed to be at least 10 billion light years in diameter and contains a vast number of galaxies; it has been expanding since its creation in the Big Bang about 13 billion years ago