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multispectral

multispectral adjective: using light with two or more frequencies or frequency ranges.

Adjective

multispectral (comparative more multispectral, superlative most multispectral)

  1. Using light with two or more frequencies or frequency ranges.
    • Costing more than the helicopter it is attached to, this impressive £1 million multi-spectral camera and sensor array picks up a huge range of data above and beyond the high-resolution aerial photography that Sean Leahy and the Network Rail Air Operations team have become known for.2021 July 14, Gareth Dennis, “#RailNatter... all about Rail Live matters”, in RAIL, number 935, page 35, photo caption

Forms of multispectral

comparativemore multispectral
superlativemost multispectral
alternative formmulti-spectral

Origin of multispectral

From multi- + spectral.

Questions about multispectral

What does multispectral mean?
Multispectral means using light with two or more frequencies or frequency ranges.
What part of speech is multispectral?
Multispectral is an adjective.

Words near multispectral in the dictionary

  1. multispecific
  2. multispecificity
  3. multispecimen
  4. multispeckle
  5. multispectra
  6. multispectral
  7. multispectrally
  8. multispectroscopic
  9. multispectrum
  10. multispeed
  11. multispeed Europe

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