spectrum

Noun

Meaning

An apparition; a specter.

The several colored and other rays of which light is composed, separated by the refraction of a prism or other means, and observed or studied either as spread out on a screen, by direct vision, by photography, or otherwise. See Illust. of Light, and Spectroscope.

A luminous appearance, or an image seen after the eye has been exposed to an intense light or a strongly illuminated object. When the object is colored, the image appears of the complementary color, as a green image seen after viewing a red wafer lying on white paper. Called also ocular spectrum.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

rainbow range gradation spread scale array sweep gamut variety continuum iris revenant kaleidoscope spectre chameleon
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Antonyms

angle disorder chaos disrupt confuse mess
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Hypernyms

range compass reach orbit array scope

Hyponyms

mass spectrum absorption spectrum line spectrum electromagnetic spectrum emission spectrum radio spectrum

Related terms

spectral

Phrases with the word

on the spectrum Eilenberg-MacLane spectrum broad spectrum of wide spectrum of opposite end of the spectrum other end of the spectrum

Derivatives

spectra

Anagrams

cepstrum

Examples

I want to know how God created this world. I am not interested in this or that phenomenon, in the spectrum of this or that element. I want to know His thoughts the rest are details. Albert Einstein

I listened to my record and hear lots of influences. And it's very rich... it's got a wide spectrum. Chantal Kreviazuk

And understand that scarce spectrum is used today for example for cell phone operators, they have to pay for the airwaves they use, for their services. Robert McChesney

At one end of the spectrum are the terrorist gangs within our borders, and the terrorist states which finance and arm them. At the other are the hard left operating inside our system, conspiring to use union power and the apparatus of local government to break, defy and subvert the law. Margaret Thatcher

After 9/11, I knew I wanted to write about power and identity and the way Americans on all sides of the political spectrum often mythologize our leaders, which are themes that the superhero genre has always handled really well. Brian K. Vaughan

It was regarded as a responsibility of the BBC to provide programs which have a broad spectrum of interest, and if there was a hole in that spectrum, then the BBC would fill it. David Attenborough

Close letter words and terms

spectrotemporally spectrotron spectrous spectrum analyser spectrum analysis spectrum analyzer