Actinic
[æk'tinik]
Definition
(a.) Of or pertaining to actinism; as, actinic rays.
Editor: Ozzie
Examples
- But the old faith of the kings, owners, and rulers of the opening twentieth century had faded under the actinic light of scientific criticism. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Rivaling the sun in actinic power, and writing its autograph with an unseen hand, it is truly called the X-, or unknown, ray. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
Editor: Ozzie