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VISIBLE SPECTRUM

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Dictionary entry overview: What does visible spectrum mean?

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

1. the distribution of colors produced when light is dispersed by a prism

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

Dictionary entry details

• VISIBLE SPECTRUM (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

The distribution of colors produced when light is dispersed by a prism

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Synonyms:

color spectrum; visible spectrum

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

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

Holonyms ("visible spectrum" is a part of...):

electromagnetic spectrum (the entire frequency range of electromagnetic waves)

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