Wiktionary http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Main_Page MediaWiki 1.16alpha case-sensitive Media Special Talk User User talk Wiktionary Wiktionary talk File File talk MediaWiki MediaWiki talk Template Template talk Help Help talk Category Category talk Appendix Appendix talk Concordance Concordance talk Index Index talk Rhymes Rhymes talk Transwiki Transwiki talk Wikisaurus Wikisaurus talk WT WT talk Citations Citations talk 33670 6925385 2009-07-03T16:34:41Z Interwicket 46132 iwiki +[[:ja:spectrum]] ==English== {{wikipedia}} ===Etymology=== {{etystub}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|Canada|UK}} {{IPA|/ˈspektrəm/}} * {{a|unknown}} {{IPA|/ˈspɛktrəm/}}, {{SAMPA|/"spEktr@m/}} :* {{rhymes|ɛktrəm}} * {{audio|en-us-portmanteau.ogg|Audio (US)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun|spectr|a|pl2=spectrums}} # A [[range]]; a [[continuous]], [[infinite]], [[one-dimensional]] set, possibly bounded by [[extremes]]. # Specifically, a range of [[colour]]s representing [[light]] ([[electromagnetic radiation]]) of contiguous [[frequency|frequencies]]; hence [[electromagnetic spectrum]], [[visible spectrum]], [[ultraviolet]] spectrum, etc. # {{chemistry}} The pattern of [[absorption]] or [[emission]] of [[radiation]] produced by a substance when subjected to energy (radiation, heat, electricity, etc.). # {{linearalg}} Of a [[bounded]] [[linear operator]] ''A'', the [[scalar]] values λ such that the [[operator]] ''A—λI'', where ''I'' denotes the identity operator, does not have a bounded [[inverse]]. ====Derived terms==== * [[light spectrum]] ====Related terms==== * [[spectral]] ====Translations==== {{trans-top|range}} * Italian: {{t+|it|spettro}} * Japanese: {{t-|ja|スペクトル|tr=supekutoru|sc=Jpan}} {{trans-mid}} * Romanian: {{t-|ro|spectru|n}} * Russian: {{t|ru|спектр|m|tr=sp'ektr|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|ru|диапазон|m|tr=diapazón|sc=Cyrl}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|range of colors}} * Czech: {{t-|cs|spektrum|n}} * Hebrew: {{t+|he|ספקטרום|tr=spéktrum|sc=Hebr}} * Italian: {{t+|it|spettro}} {{trans-mid}} * Japanese: {{t-|ja|スペクトル|tr=supekutoru|sc=Jpan}}, {{t|ja|分光特性|tr=bunkō tokusē|sc=Jpan}} * Romanian: {{t-|ro|spectru|n}} * Russian: {{t|ru|спектр|m|tr=sp'ektr|sc=Cyrl}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|chemistry: a pattern of absorption or emission of radiation}} * Japanese: {{t-|ja|スペクトル|tr=supekutoru|sc=Jpan}} {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|linear algebra: set of scalar values}} * Italian: {{t+|it|spettro}} * Japanese: {{t-|ja|スペクトル|tr=supekutoru|sc=Jpan}} {{trans-mid}} * Romanian: {{t-|ro|spectru|n}} * Russian: {{t|ru|спектр|sp'ektr|m|sc=Cyrl}} {{trans-bottom}} {{checktrans-top}} * {{ttbc|Bulgarian}}: [[спекър]] {{m}} (1, 2) * {{ttbc|German}}: [[Spektrum]] {{n}} (1, 2, 3) {{trans-mid}} * {{ttbc|Polish}}: [[spektrum]] {{n}} (1), [[widmo]] {{n}} (2) * {{ttbc|Swedish}}: [[spektrum]] {{n}} (2, 3) * {{ttbc|Chinese}}: {{zh-ts|光譜|光谱}} (2) *: Cantonese: gwong1pou2 *: Mandarin: guāngpǔ {{trans-bottom}} [[Category:Energy]] [[Category:English nouns with irregular plurals]] ---- ==Latin== ===Noun=== {{la-noun|spectrum|spectri|spectrī|n|second}} # a [[specter]] ====Inflection==== {{la-decl-2nd-N|spectr}} ====Descendants==== * English: {{l|en|spectrum}} [[ar:spectrum]] [[zh-min-nan:spectrum]] [[fa:spectrum]] [[fr:spectrum]] [[io:spectrum]] [[id:spectrum]] [[hu:spectrum]] [[nl:spectrum]] [[ja:spectrum]] [[pl:spectrum]] [[ru:spectrum]] [[simple:spectrum]] [[fi:spectrum]] [[ta:spectrum]] [[te:spectrum]] [[tr:spectrum]] [[vi:spectrum]] [[zh:spectrum]]