spectral
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Chuck Close crafted a spectral self-portrait that almost appears like you’re looking at it through 3-D glasses, so convincing is its illusion of depth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
The team used sophisticated spectrographs developed at Ohio State University to examine more than 10 helium spectral lines and 15 hydrogen lines simultaneously.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026
This approach demonstrated that spectral data can reveal not only what a star contains and how hot it is, but also its true visual appearance.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026
Long before Urschel became an assistant professor at MIT studying matrices, spectral graph theory and other subjects that sound like gibberish to just about everybody, he was an overachieving kid attending Penn State.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
It sounded so wrong, like butterfly jam, or spectral steaks.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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