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How to pronounce spectrum in English?

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Type Words
Type of range, ambit, compass, orbit, reach, scope
Derivation spectral
Type Words
Type of array
Has types infrared spectrum, line spectrum, mass spectrum, microwave spectrum, radio-frequency spectrum, radio spectrum, sound spectrum, visible spectrum, acoustic spectrum, action spectrum, atomic spectrum, color spectrum, electromagnetic spectrum, emission spectrum, absorption spectrum, ultraviolet spectrum
Derivation spectral

Examples of spectrum

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Chlorophyll d absorbs a redder part of the spectrum than the other chlorophylls.
From the smh.com.au
The auction of spectrum for fourth generation mobile phone networks is imminent.
From the telegraph.co.uk
The musical spectrum has been expanded to include genres beyond pop and hip-hop.
From the dailyherald.com
The show has the full spectrum, it's funny but touches on poignancy and tragedy.
From the haringeyindependent.co.uk
Paddy is a social worker, at one of the more pointy ends of the social spectrum.
From the canberratimes.com.au
Spectrum Consulting had been asked to forecast the future for Channel 4 by 2010.
From the guardian.co.uk
The auction of spectrum for 3G services in 2010 was clean and cleverly designed.
From the economist.com
It took us 10 years to really prove the overall spectrum we wanted to represent.
From the freep.com
Rett syndrome is the most physically disabling of the autism spectrum disorders.
From the sciencedaily.com
More examples
  • An ordered array of the components of an emission or wave
  • A broad range of related objects or values or qualities or ideas or activities
  • (spectral) of or relating to a spectrum; "spectral colors"; "spectral analysis"
  • (spectral) apparitional: resembling or characteristic of a phantom; "a ghostly face at the window"; "a phantasmal presence in the room"; "spectral emanations"; "spiritual tappings at a seance"
  • The Philadelphia Spectrum, formerly known as the CoreStates Spectrum (1996-1998), First Union Spectrum (1998-2003), and Wachovia Spectrum (since 2003) is a now-closed indoor arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ...
  • Spectrum is an Australian progressive rock band that formed in Melbourne in 1969 and, in its original period, remained in existence until 1973. Its members also performed under the alter-ego Indelible Murtceps. They reformed, initially as Spectrum Plays The Blues, in 1999.
  • Spectrum is the debut album of fusion drummer, Billy Cobham. Released in 1973, Spectrum is regarded as one of the most important and essential albums within the fields of drummers and the jazz fusion genre. ...
  • The ZX Spectrum (Pronounced "Zed Ecks Spec-trum" in its original British English branding) is an 8-bit personal home computer released in the United Kingdom in 1982 by Sinclair Research Ltd. ...
  • In functional analysis, the concept of the spectrum of a bounded operator is a generalisation of the concept of eigenvalues for matrices. ...