Infrared radiation is a type of electronmagnetic radiation (a wave with electricity) . The wave is longer than light which humans can see and shorter than microwaves. • The name means "below red". The word "Infrared" is from the Latin infra ("below") and red, which has the longest wave for light. | INFRARED RAY Difinition Infrared radiation is a type of electronmagnetic radiation a wave with electricity . The wave is longer than light which humans can see and shorter than microwaves. The name means below red . The word Infrared is from the Latin infra below and red which has the longest wave for light. The infrared wave is between 750 nm and 1 mm. Infrared source Any object which has a temperature more zero Kelvin radiates in the infrared. The warmer the object is the more infrared radiation it emits. Ex our body electric stove brazier