spectrum of colors

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• spectrum — 01. A rainbow is a large band of parallel stripes which displays the full [spectrum] of colors. 02. The light [spectrum] is composed of seven principal colors. 03. White light is a mixture of all the colors in the [spectrum]. 04. She felt a wide… …   Grammatical examples in English

• Colors of noise — White Pink Red (Brownian) Grey While noise is by definition derived from a random signal, it can have different characteristic statistical properties corresponding to different mappings from a source of randomness to the concrete noise. Spectral… …   Wikipedia

• Spectrum — Spec trum, n.; pl. {Spectra}. [L. See {Specter}.] 1. An apparition; a specter. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 2. (Opt.) (a) The several colored and other rays of which light is composed, separated by the refraction of a prism or other means, and observed… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Spectrum analysis — Spectrum Spec trum, n.; pl. {Spectra}. [L. See {Specter}.] 1. An apparition; a specter. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 2. (Opt.) (a) The several colored and other rays of which light is composed, separated by the refraction of a prism or other means, and… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Spectrum disorder — in psychiatry is a term used to describe a mental disorder when there is thought to be not a unitary disorder but rather a syndrome composed of subgroups that can range from relatively severe to relatively mild and nonclinical deficits .cite… …   Wikipedia

• spectrum — [spek′trəm] n. pl. spectra [spek′trə] or spectrums [ModL, special use (by NEWTON2 Sir Isaac, 1671) of L spectrum: see SPECTER] 1. the series of colored bands dispersed and arranged in the order of their respective wavelengths by the passage of… …   English World dictionary

• spectrum — (n.) 1610s, apparition, specter, from L. spectrum appearance, image, apparition, from specere to look at, view (see SCOPE (Cf. scope) (1)). Meaning band of colors formed from a beam of light first recorded 1670s …   Etymology dictionary

• Spectrum — A spectrum (plural spectra or spectrums [ [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/spectrum Dictionary.com] . The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language , Fourth Edition. Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004. (accessed: January 25, 2008).] …   Wikipedia

• spectrum — noun 1 range of light waves, etc. ADJECTIVE ▪ visible ▪ These wavelengths correspond to red in the visible spectrum. ▪ Beyond the red end of the visible light spectrum is infrared. ▪ colour/color, electromagnetic …   Collocations dictionary

• spectrum — /spek treuhm/, n., pl. spectra / treuh/, spectrums. 1. Physics. a. an array of entities, as light waves or particles, ordered in accordance with the magnitudes of a common physical property, as wavelength or mass: often the band of colors… …   Universalium

• spectrum — 1. The range of colors presented when white light is resolved into its constituent colors by being passed through a prism or through a diffraction grating : red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet …   Medical dictionary