UVA Definition

yo͝ovēā
noun
Ultraviolet radiation that is found in sunlight, has a wavelength between 320 and 400 nanometers, and can cause damage to the skin after long-term exposure, including premature aging and cancer.
American Heritage Medicine
Ultraviolet light with a longer wavelength than UVB and thus closer in size to visible violet light.
Webster's New World

(botany) A small pulpy or juicy fruit containing several seeds and having a thin skin, such as a grape.

Wiktionary
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
Wiktionary
abbreviation

University of Virginia.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of UVA

Noun

Singular:
UVA
Plural:
uvae

Origin of UVA

  • u(ltra)v(iolet) A (the letter A being used to designate the first of the categories based on wavelength in which ultraviolet radiation is classified)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Latin Å«va (“grape").

    From Wiktionary

UVA Sentence Examples

  • Salicylates, octylsalicylate, and homosalate offer moderate levels of protection against both UVA and UVB light, but the range of light waves against which they protect is relatively narrow.

  • It was in Kandyan times the home of a prince who ruled Uva as a principality.

  • They have a huge selection of clipons that are made from the highest quality polycarbonate, are extremely lightweight, shatter resistant, and provide 100 percent UVA and UVB sun protection.

  • Due to the filtering properties of the earth's atmospheric ozone layer, practically all of the ultraviolet light that reaches the earth's surface is the long-wave UVA, while the UVC is necessary to the generation of ozone.

  • In this study, Australian researchers found that UVA rays caused DNA damage to the cells deep within the skin.

More Sentences

Related Articles

UVA Is Also Mentioned In

Find Similar Words

Find similar words to UVA using the buttons below.

Words Starting With

UUVUVA

Words Ending With

AVAUVA

Unscrambles

UVA

Words Starting With U and Ending With A

Starts With U & Ends With AStarts With UV & Ends With AStarts With U & Ends With VA

Word Length

3 Letter Words3 Letter Words Starting With U3 Letter Words Ending With A