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- pronunciation:
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- features:
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| inflections: |
spectra, spectrums |
| definition 1: |
A spectrum is a band of colors that is formed when light is passed through something called a "prism," or formed in some other way. A prism is a solid piece of glass that is shaped in such a way that it separates regular light that passes through it into separate colors--the colors of the spectrum. The six colors of the spectrum are red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple.
A rainbow is made up of the colors of the spectrum. |
| definition 2: |
A spectrum is a whole range of things that continue from one end of the range to the other, like the colors of the spectrum.
There is a whole spectrum of opinion about this subject in our town. Everybody seems to have a slightly different opinion. |
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