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UV^¹

adjective

abbreviation, not comparable Abbreviation of ultraviolet Chemical ingredients — such as avobenzone, oxybenzone and homosalate — absorb the UV rays. Both types of sunscreen can degrade or wash off over time, so it’s important to reapply every two hours, and more frequently if you’re swimming or sweating.

noun UVs

abbreviation, countable, uncountable Abbreviation of ultraviolet
abbreviation, countable, uncountable Abbreviation of utility vehicle
attributive, countable, uncountable The axes of a two-dimensional texture, as opposed to those (X, Y, Z) of the three-dimensional model to which it is applied. UV mapping; UV coordinates; UV texturing

uv^²

preposition

Internet, Leet, pronunciation spelling, sometimes Eye dialect spelling of of. That gives them an advantage over their better-known peers, the Invisible Scratch Pickles: on the recent single "Invisbl Skratch Piklz vs. da Klamz uv Deth" the San Franciscans can spin heads with their superathletic scratching, but the side-length cut doesn't hold up as a piece of music.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: ultraviolet, ultraviolet light, ultraviolet radiation, ultraviolet illumination, visible, vis, nir, ultraviolet rays, uv radiation, uv rays, uv light, uva, uvb, uvc, blacklight, wood's light

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@misc{uv_2026,
  title = {uv},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/uv},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

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