VISIBLE SPECTRUM

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 I. (noun) 

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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 ("visible spectrum" is a kind of...):

spectrum (an ordered array of the components of an emission or wave)

Holonyms ("visible spectrum" is a part of...):

electromagnetic spectrum (the entire frequency range of electromagnetic waves)

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