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spectrum | American Dictionary

spectrum
noun[ C ]
us/ˈspek·trəm/

spectrumnoun[C] (RANGE)

a range of objects, ideas, or opinions:
There’s agreement across the political spectrum.
A wide spectrum of opinion was represented at the meeting.

spectrumnoun[C] (COLORS)

physics pluralspectraus/ˈspek·trə/spectrums
the set of colors into which a beam of light can be separated
physics pluralspectraus/ˈspek·trə/spectrums
Spectrum also means a range of waves such as light waves or radio waves.

spectrum | Business English

spectrum
noun[ C ]
uk /ˈspektrəm/us
a range of similar things:
a spectrum of sthA methodology will have to be developed to gradually cover the entire spectrum of technologies.
a wide/broad spectrum
the economic/business/political spectrumHe has support from across the whole political spectrum.

Examples of spectrum

spectrum
The spectra are in relative units and thus provide a comparison of the intensities of different emission bands.
More specifically, power spectra are computed for each of the 12 electrode sites to examine power in various frequency bands.
Each filter introduces a peak in the magnitude spectra determined by the pass-band centre frequency and by the formant bandwidth.
I will now look at the formant spectra (or modes) of the durations for each protagonist.
The perceptual dimensions underlying similarity judgments between pairs of timbres are based on the amplitude pattern of the spectra.
The spectra can be roughly approximated by single temperature distributions for each intensity.
A common sense approach to peak picking in two-, three-, and four-dimensional spectra using automatic computer analysis of contour diagrams.
In this way, we can quantitatively assess the uncertainties associated with distinguishing between glasses and certain phyllosilicates in thermal infrared spectra of multimineralic materials.
One of the major limitations in this direction is the difficulty of predicting or measuring two-photon absorption spectra of the fluorescent molecules used.
Also, we observe that there is no qualitative change in the spectra when the sign of the chirp is changed while its magnitude is not.
However, based on the current experiments, these lamps do not appear to be able to produce smooth and easily interpretable spectra of plants under stress.
Variance of the distributions of energy levels and of the transition arrays in atomic spectra.
The spectra have been corrected for a background signal present in oxidized hygrogenosomes, and are adjusted to the same protein concentration.
We obtain the dispersion relations and the frequency spectra of these waves separately by using linear approximations.
The emission spectra corresponding to these two kinds of beam movement are quite different.
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Collocations withspectrum

spectrum

These are words often used in combination with spectrum.

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atomic spectra
Variance of the distributions of energy levels and of the transition arrays in atomic spectra.
audio spectrum
The technique is studying emissions that occur outside the audio spectrum and cannot be heard using a stethoscope.
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