And he counted on quiet intervals to be watchfully seized, for taking up the threads of investigation--on many hints to be won from diligent application, not only of the scalpel, but of the microscope, which research had begun to use again with new enthusiasm of reliance.
shed light on (third-person singular simple present sheds light on, present participle shedding light on, simple past and past participle ) To illuminate; to make clear. The new instruments will shed some light on the history of these rocks.â. There was another noticeable circumstance that shed light on human nature and Grim's knowledge of it.â. 2013 September-October, Katie L. Burke, âIn the Newsâ, in American Scientist: Oxygen levels on Earth skyrocketed 2.4 billion years ago, when cyanobacteria evolved photosynthesis: [â¦] .
Molecules in the substances absorb the invisible ultraviolet light and are energized, then shed their excess energy by emitting visible light. See Luminescence. As another example, ordinary window glass, transparent to visible light, is opaque to a large range of ultraviolet rays, particularly those with short wavelengths.