spectrum
IPA: spˈɛktrʌm
noun
- A range; a continuous, infinite, one-dimensional set, possibly bounded by extremes.
- Specifically, a range of colours representing light (electromagnetic radiation) of contiguous frequencies; hence electromagnetic spectrum, visible spectrum, ultraviolet spectrum, etc.
- (psychology, education, usually with the) The autism spectrum.
- (chemistry) The pattern of absorption or emission of radiation produced by a substance when subjected to energy (radiation, heat, electricity, etc.).
- (mathematics, linear algebra) The set of eigenvalues of a matrix.
- (mathematics, functional analysis) Of a bounded linear operator A, the set of scalar values λ such that the operator A—λI, where I denotes the identity operator, does not have a bounded inverse; intended as a generalisation of the linear algebra sense.
- (abstract algebra, algebraic geometry) The set, denoted Spec(R), of all prime ideals of a given ring R, commonly augmented with a Zariski topology and considered as a topological space.
- (obsolete) Specter, apparition.
- The image of something seen that persists after the eyes are closed.
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Examples of "spectrum" in Sentences
- It is defined in the bipolar spectrum.
- Define the radius of the essential spectrum.
- This is the origin of the absorption spectrum.
- The clinical spectrum of the disease is broad.
- The peak of spectrum of the sunlight is in UV.
- The spectrum of competition frightened the firm.
- Light bondage and spanking is part of the BDSM spectrum.
- The fourth detects the ultraviolet portion of the light spectrum.
- Closer to the visible range of the electromagnetic spectrum is the ultraviolet.
- He discovered that ants were sensitive to the ultraviolet range of the spectrum.