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spectrum

[spek-truhm] / ˈspɛk trəm /
NOUN
color spectrum
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AI is going to completely turbocharge that type of development for anything across the research-and-development spectrum.

From Barron's • Jun. 18, 2026

Children and young people who are on the autism spectrum often find getting a haircut distressing, due to it being a highly sensory experience, they say.

From BBC • Jun. 17, 2026

SpaceX has also announced billions of dollars in new projects, including at least $55 billion to build a chip-fabrication facility in Texas, and it plans to buy spectrum for its Starlink service.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 17, 2026

SpaceX acquired 65 MHz of EchoStar’s spectrum for $17 billion; ViaSat’s 68 MHz is valued at up to $15 billion.

From Barron's • Jun. 15, 2026

But because Venus is much cooler than the Sun, it emits radiation chiefly in the infrared rather than the visible region of the spectrum.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan




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