ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM

Pronunciation (US):

• ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM (noun)
  The noun ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM has 1 sense:

1. the entire frequency range of electromagnetic waves

  Familiarity information: ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM used as a noun is very rare.

• ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM (noun)

Meaning:

The entire frequency range of electromagnetic waves

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Hypernyms ("electromagnetic spectrum" is a kind of...):

spectrum (an ordered array of the components of an emission or wave)

Meronyms (parts of "electromagnetic spectrum"):

gamma radiation; gamma ray (electromagnetic radiation emitted during radioactive decay and having an extremely short wavelength)

infrared spectrum (the spectrum of infrared radiation)

light; visible light; visible radiation ((physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation)

line (a single frequency (or very narrow band) of radiation in a spectrum)

microwave (a short electromagnetic wave (longer than infrared but shorter than radio waves); used for radar and microwave ovens and for transmitting telephone, facsimile, video and data)

microwave spectrum (the part of the electromagnetic spectrum corresponding to microwaves)

radio spectrum; radio-frequency spectrum (the entire spectrum of electromagnetic frequencies used for communications; includes frequencies used for radio and radar and television)

ultraviolet spectrum (the spectrum of ultraviolet radiation)

actinic radiation; actinic ray (electromagnetic radiation that can produce photochemical reactions)

radio frequency (an electromagnetic wave frequency between audio and infrared)

EHF; extremely high frequency (30 to 300 gigahertz)

ELF; extremely low frequency (below 3 kilohertz)

very low frequency; VLF (3 to 30 kilohertz)

LF; low frequency (30 to 300 kilohertz)

medium frequency; MF (300 to 3000 kilohertz)

HF; high frequency (3 to 30 megahertz)

very high frequency; VHF (30 to 300 megahertz)

UHF; ultrahigh frequency (300 to 3000 megahertz)

SHF; superhigh frequency (3 to 30 gigahertz)

color spectrum; visible spectrum (the distribution of colors produced when light is dispersed by a prism)