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spectrum

[spek-truhm] / ˈspɛk trəm /
NOUN
color spectrum
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Former Mexican presidents from across the political spectrum, as well as foreign leaders, mourned his death.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

Few people navigate the internet’s light-to-dark spectrum as well as writer-director Jane Schoenbrun, whose films play like dispatches beamed out from the depths of online black holes.

From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2026

Scientists are investigating several possible biomarkers, which are measurable biological characteristics that could improve diagnostic assessments or help distinguish different groups within the autism spectrum.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 28, 2026

That would allow it to buy what’s left of the Dish Wireless Network, as well as EchoStar’s remaining spectrum, he said.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026

Exceptional refers to both ends of the spectrum, so all my life I’ve been exceptional.

From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes

They analyzed stellar spectra, which are produced by separating light into its component wavelengths, much as a prism divides sunlight into the colors of a rainbow.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026

Their UV spectra contain fingerprints of chemical elements in their atmospheres while also revealing details about the stellar winds carrying material away from their surfaces.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026

This broad frequency range allowed researchers to examine how the radio spectra of the galaxies change as particles inside their lobes grow older.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026

DR20 now includes integral field spectroscopy maps of 6 separate target regions covering 169 tiles and about 300,000 spectra.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 14, 2026

Some scientists think that when expansion is followed by contraction, when the spectra of distant galaxies are all blue-shifted, causality will be inverted and effects will precede causes.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

Color perception is also influenced by culture—various cultural groups and languages describe hues in very different spectrums.

From Scientific American ● Jul. 21, 2023

Like “Lioness,” both the “Avatar” movies and the Marvel films are also about war and the spectrums of “good” and “evil.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2023

“These surveys tend to include much broader spectrums of trans individuals, and we cannot be as certain that our results are as problematic in the broader group,” Dr. Frisch said.

From New York Times ● Jun. 27, 2023

“I’m questioning whether it is. … The Pride flag represents making space for all humans on all the spectrums, and this is where we’re going as a human species,” Cain said.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 14, 2023

We're just different, like we exist on different spectrums.

From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman


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