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Word: Spectrum
Speech Type: Noun
early 17th century (in the sense ‘spectre’): from Latin, literally ‘image, apparition’, from specere ‘to look’
ˈspɛktrəm
a band of colours, as seen in a rainbow, produced by separation of the components of light by their different degrees of refraction according to wavelength.
Short Definition:band of colours produced by separation of components of light
used to classify something in terms of its position on a scale between two extreme points
Short Definition:used to classify something in terms of its position on scale between two extreme points
Examples:- the left or the right of the political spectrum
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