Word Meaning

Meaning of spectrum

- An apparition; a specter.
- The several colored and other rays of which light is composed, separated by the refraction of a prism or other means, and observed or studied either as spread out on a screen, by direct vision, by photography, or otherwise. See Illust. of Light, and Spectroscope.
- A luminous appearance, or an image seen after the eye has been exposed to an intense light or a strongly illuminated object. When the object is colored, the image appears of the complementary color, as a green image seen after viewing a red wafer lying on white paper. Called also ocular spectrum.

Crossword clue for spectrum

- Band of colours
- Rainbow’s band of hues
- Range
- range of opinions ideas etc
- Scope of variants
- Suspect rumours cover broad range
- Wide range