Synonyms for
spectrum
Specifically, a range of colours representing light (electromagnetic radiation) of contiguous frequencies
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All Definitions for Spectrum

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1Specifically, a range of colours representing light (electromagnetic radiation) of contiguous frequencies
2Hence electromagnetic spectrum, visible spectrum, ultraviolet spectrum, etc.
3A range
4A continuous, infinite, one-dimensional set, possibly bounded by extremes.
5The autism spectrum.
6The pattern of absorption or emission of radiation produced by a substance when subjected to energy (radiation, heat, electricity, etc.).
7The set of eigenvalues of a matrix.
8Of a bounded linear operator A, the set of scalar values λ such that the operator A—λI, where I denotes the identity operator, does not have a bounded inverse
9Intended as a generalisation of the linear algebra sense.
10An abstract object in mathematics created from a commutative ring R and denoted operatorname Spec(R) or operatorname SpecR and said to be the spectrum of R
11Useful in the study of such rings for providing a geometric object which encodes many of the properties R, and in modern geometry for generalizing the notion of an algebraic variety to that of an affine scheme. Formally, the set of all prime ideals R equipped with the Zariski topology and augmented with a sheaf of rings called the structure sheaf, generated by the B-sheaf on the distinguished open sets D_f which assigns the localization of R at f to each set D_f, regarded as a ring of functions on D_f. See Spectrum of a ring on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
12The image of something seen that persists after the eyes are closed.
13Specter, apparition.

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