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Spectrum (physical sciences)
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In the physical sciences, spectrum describes any continuous range of either frequency or wavelength values. The term initially referred to the range of observed colors as white light is dispersed thro
Acoustic spectrogram of the words "Oh, no!" said by a young girl, showing how the discrete spectrum of the sound (bright orange lines) changes with ti
Acoustic spectrogram of the words "Oh, no!" said by a young girl, showing how the discrete spectrum of the sound (bright orange lines) changes with time (the horizontal axis)
Spectrogram of dolphin vocalizations
Spectrogram of dolphin vocalizations
Continuous spectrum of an incandescent lamp (mid) and discrete spectrum lines of a fluorescent lamp (bottom)
Continuous spectrum of an incandescent lamp (mid) and discrete spectrum lines of a fluorescent lamp (bottom)
Wavelength
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In physics and mathematics, wavelength or spatial period of a wave or periodic function is the distance over which the wave's shape repeats. In other words, it is the distance between consecutive corr
Spectrum (physical sciences)
…In the physical sciences, spectrum describes any continuous range of either frequency or wavelength values. The term initially referred to the range of observed colors as white light is dispersed through a prism — introduced to optics by Isaac Newton…
A wave on a line of atoms can be interpreted according to a variety of wavelengths.
A wave on a line of atoms can be interpreted according to a variety of wavelengths.
Pattern of light intensity on a screen for light passing through two slits. The labels on the right refer to the difference of the path lengths from t
Pattern of light intensity on a screen for light passing through two slits. The labels on the right refer to the difference of the path lengths from the two slits, which are idealized here as point sources.