white light

noun

1. : light that has the same spectral energy distribution as unobstructed noon sunlight and is approximately the same as that of a blackbody radiator at 6000° C

2. : light that to the normal eye matches the color of noon sunlight although it may have a different spectral energy distribution

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light perceived by the eye as having the same color as sunlight at noon.

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white light noun

Light containing all wavelengths in the visible range at the same intensity (the term is used, however, to cover a wide range of intensity distribution in the spectrum)

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Main Entry: ↑white

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white light,

1. the light which comes directly from the sun, and which has not been decomposed, as by refraction.

2. any light producing the same color or color sensation as direct sunlight.

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n. apparently colorless light, for example ordinary daylight. It contains all the wavelengths of the visible spectrum at equal intensity

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ˌwhite ˈlight [white light] noun uncountable

ordinary light that has no colour