Spektrum

In the sense “range” (18th c.) after English spectrum, from Latin spectrum. The sense “spectre” (16th c.) was directly from the Latin; it remained rare and became fully obsolete after the emergence of the contemporary meaning.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃpɛktrʊm/, [ˈʃpɛk.tʁʊm]

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• IPA^(key): /ˈspɛktrʊm/, [ˈspɛk.tʁʊm] (standard in Austria, rare anywhere else)

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• Rhymes: -ɛktʁʊm
• Hyphenation: Spek‧trum

Spektrum n (strong, genitive Spektrums, plural Spektren or Spektra)

1. spectrum (range of colours, frequencies etc.)
2. (figurative) spectrum (the full range of anything)

   Synonyms: (ganze) Breite, Bandbreite

3. (obsolete) spectre (apparition, phantom)

   Synonyms: Erscheinung, Gespenst, Phantom, Trugbild, Schemen

• Farbspektrum
• spektral, spektrisch

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