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COLOR SPECTRUM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The distribution of colors produced when light is dispersed by a prism
Synonyms:
color spectrum; visible spectrum
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("color spectrum" is a kind of...):
spectrum (an ordered array of the components of an emission or wave)
Holonyms ("color spectrum" is a part of...):
electromagnetic spectrum (the entire frequency range of electromagnetic waves)