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How to pronounce spectrum
Say it like this: /ˈspɛktɹəm/. Listen to real recordings below and compare how it sounds in different accents.
What does spectrum mean?
nounA range; a continuous, infinite, one-dimensional set, possibly bounded by extremes.
“Near-synonyms: sliding scale, continuum”
Specifically, a range of colours representing light (electromagnetic radiation) of contiguous frequencies; hence electromagnetic spectrum, visible spectrum, ultraviolet spectrum, etc.
“Current 3G technologies can send roughly 1 bit of data - a one or a zero - per second over each 1 Hz of spectrum that the operator owns.”
The autism spectrum.
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