spectrum
A range; a continuous, infinite, one-dimensional set, possibly bounded by extremes.
Other meanings
Specifically, a range of colours representing light (electromagnetic radiation) of contiguous frequencies; hence electromagnetic spectrum, visible spectrum, ultraviolet spectrum, etc.
The autism spectrum.
Related words
- autospectrum
- bispectrum
- multispectrum
- polyspectrum
- pseudospectrum
- Spec-chum
- spectrumy
- subspectrum
- trispectrum
- autism spectrum
- cepstrum
- light spectrum
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "spectrum" (appearance, image, apparition).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “spectrum” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.