Spectrum

/spˈɛktɹəm/

/ˈspɛktɹəm/

[noun]

Spectrum

[NOUN]

an orderly range of relating things

a broad range of related objects or values or qualities or ideas or activities

Examples

1. The prime minister's casual remarks about the role of ethnicity in unemployment numbers has predictably put the cat among the pigeons on both sides of the political spectrum.

2. - "Many top scientists on the autism spectrum."

3. Each level contributes a particular type of frequency spectrum.

4. So a Wigner distribution gives a localized frequency spectrum.