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spectral

[spek-truhl] / ˈspɛk trəl /


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After a moment, he passed the device to me, and ahead, at great distance, I saw three spectral outlines tumbling around on a nearby peak.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026

“Mother Mary” is as hair-raising as it is eyebrow-raising, all spectral senselessness until, out of nowhere, the eeriness gives way to a startling profundity as the film explores remorse with biblical repercussions.

From Salon • Apr. 24, 2026

When the pulse interacts with a fast-changing event, the scattered light carries detailed spatial, spectral and phase information.

From Science Daily • Apr. 21, 2026

As a result, it becomes difficult to achieve high spectral resolution or to measure electric fields at very small spatial scales or with clear directional detail.

From Science Daily • Apr. 17, 2026

In the great Martian dust storm of 1971, spectral features of the dust were obtained by the Mariner 9 infrared spectrometer.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan




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