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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
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spec·trum
/ ˈspektrəm/
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n.
(pl. -tra
/ -trə/ )
1.
a band of colors, as seen in a rainbow, produced by separation of the components of light by their different degrees of refraction according to wavelength.
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(the spectrum)
the entire range of wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation.
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an image or distribution of components of any electromagnetic radiation arranged in a progressive series according to wavelength.
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a similar image or distribution of components of sound, particles, etc., arranged according to such characteristics as frequency, charge, and energy.
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used to classify something, or suggest that it can be classified, in terms of its position on a scale between two extreme or opposite points:
the left or the right of the political spectrum.
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a wide range:
self-help books are covering a broader and broader spectrum.
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Spectra Boosts Online Mutual Fund System Performance Quadrupling Throughput, Capacity.
Business Wire; 6/20/2002; 700+ words
; ...TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 20, 2002 Spectra Securities Software Inc. ("Spectra"), a leading provider of wealth management...solutions, today announced a performance release of Spectra Funds. The new release of Spectra's automated...
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Spectra Logic's new 4mm DDS-3 automated tape library doubles data transfer and triples capacity.
Business Wire; 4/8/1997; 700+ words
; ...BUSINESS WIRE)--April 8, 1997--Today Spectra Logic announced the release of the Spectra 5000 family of automated tape libraries. Based on new 4mm DDS-3 tape drives, the Spectra 5000 delivers double the data transfer rate...
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Spectra Logic Launches New Online University Program for Channel Partners.
Newspaper article from: Information Technology Newsweekly; 6/9/2009; 700+ words
; Spectra Logic's channel partners can now attend Spectra University on the Web to pursue sales and technical certification...training from an office, home or anywhere else in the world. Spectra Logic continues to invest in its commitment to channel programs...
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Spectrum Bridge Announces SpecEx(TM), the World's First Online Marketplace for Wireless Spectrum.
Business Wire; 9/8/2008; 700+ words
; ...More Profitable to Buy, Sell and Lease Licensed Spectrum LAKE MARY, Fla. -- Spectrum Bridge, Inc. today announced the launch of SpecEx[TM], the online marketplace for spectrum[TM]. SpecEx will make it simpler and more...
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Spectrum and Financial Fusion Partner to Offer EBPP to World's Leading Banks.
Business Wire; 3/13/2002; 700+ words
; ...BUSINESS WIRE)--March 13, 2002 Financial Fusion to be Certified on Spectrum Network; Expanding Spectrum Network Adds Over Five Million Potential Online Consumers Spectrum EBP, LLC, a bank-centric payment systems company for electronic bill...
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Spectrum management under scrutiny.
Magazine article from: RCR Wireless News; 2/16/2004; 700+ words
; ...Byline: JEFFREY SILVA The White House's spectrum plan could be complicated by a less visible...profile campaign to improve U.S. spectrum management, the General Accounting Office was quietly pursuing no less than five spectrum probes requested last June by key House...
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Spectra Logic's iSCSI Spectra 2K Certified ca smart With Computer Associates' BrightStor ARCserve Backup for Windows.
Business Wire; 11/10/2003; 700+ words
; ...Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 10, 2003 Spectra Logic's Spectra 2K iSCSI tape library has been certified ca smart...interoperable Storage Area Network (SAN). Utilizing the Spectra 2K iSCSI solution, BrightStor ARCserve Backup servers...
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Spectra Logic Federal Opens Technology Center in Washington DC Beltway.(Company overview)
Business Wire; 2/23/2009; 700+ words
; BOULDER, Colo. -- Spectra Logic Federal, a division of Spectra Logic Corporation, is opening its first technology center...laboratory for customer demonstrations, and meeting space for Spectra Logic Federal sales and engineering staff. Spectra Logic...
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Spectra Logic NAStape 100 Qualified with Microsoft Windows Platform.
Business Wire; 11/19/2003; 700+ words
; ...BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 19, 2003 Spectra Logic iSCSI Tape Device is Interoperable...Operating System Microsoft recently qualified Spectra Logic's NAStape 100 for interoperability...Windows Logo Program for iSCSI devices. Spectra Logic became the first tape library vendor...
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Spectra Logic Seals the Deal with SVP of Sales.(Company overview)
Business Wire; 9/19/2007; 700+ words
; ...Program Worldwide BOULDER, Colo. -- Spectra Logic Corporation, the innovator in data...sales, Bob Koecheler oversees all of Spectra Logic's revenue-generating activities...responsibilities include: accelerating Spectra Logic's growing tape market share...
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Spectrum
Encyclopedia entry from: UXL Encyclopedia of Science
...Other elements give off more complex line spectra with many lines. Line spectra can take on one of two general forms: emission or absorption spectra. An emission spectrum is the line pattern formed when an element...
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Spectrum Organic Products, Inc.
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
Spectrum Organic Products, Inc. 5341 Old Redwood...Public Company Incorporated: 1980 as Spectrum Naturals, Inc. Employees: 59 Sales...Vegetable Canning; 311422 Specialty Canning Spectrum Organic Products, Inc., comprises three...
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spectrum
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...of particles into a spectrum according to their...Continuous and Line Spectra Dispersion, the separation...visible light into a spectrum, may be accomplished...known as a continuous spectrum. Continuous spectra are produced by all...
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Electromagnetic Spectrum
Book article from: World of Earth Science
Electromagnetic spectrum The electromagnetic spectrum encompasses a continuous range of frequencies or wavelengths...frequency, high-energy gamma rays. The electromagnetic spectrum is traditionally divided into regions of radio waves, microwaves...
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Spectrum Control, Inc.
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
Spectrum Control, Inc. 8031 Avonia Road Fairview...Manufacturing Based near Erie, Pennsylvania, Spectrum Control, Inc. designs and manufactures...frequency, or microwave interference. Spectrum's business is organized into three groups...
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