Actinic ray and Electromagnetic wave

Actinic ray

Actinic ray noun - Electromagnetic radiation that can produce photochemical reactions.
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Electromagnetic wave and actinic ray are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Electromagnetic wave" instead a noun phrase "Actinic ray".

Electromagnetic wave

Electromagnetic wave noun - Radiation consisting of waves of energy associated with electric and magnetic fields resulting from the acceleration of an electric charge.

Actinic ray and electromagnetic wave are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace phrase "Actinic ray" with "Electromagnetic wave", this phrases are similar.
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