violet

violet

 [vi´o-let]

1. the color produced by the shortest waves of the visible spectrum, beyond indigo, approximately 380 to 420 nm.

2. a dye or stain with this color.

crystal violet (gentian violet) (methyl violet) gentian violet; see under gentian.

Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.

vi·o·let

(vī'ō-let),

The color evoked by wavelengths of the visible spectrum shorter than 450 nm. For individual violet dyes, see the specific name.

[L. viola]

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A colour said, in the context of the pseudoscience of colour ‘therapy’, to cleanse the blood, stimulate healing, improve mental outlook, promote cancer cell destruction by white cells, and balance electrolytes

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vi·o·let

(vī'ŏ-lĕt)

The color evoked by wavelengths of the visible spectrum shorter than 450 nm.

[L. viola]

Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012

violet 

One of the hues of the visible spectrum evoked by stimulation of the retina by wavelengths shorter than 450 nm and somewhat longer than 380 nm.

Millodot: Dictionary of Optometry and Visual Science, 7th edition. © 2009 Butterworth-Heinemann