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spectralist

spectralist adjective: of, pertaining to, or participating in spectralism, a school of musical composition strongly influenced by the spectrographic analysis of sound.

Adjective

spectralist (not comparable)

  1. Of, pertaining to, or participating in spectralism, a school of musical composition strongly influenced by the spectrographic analysis of sound

Noun

spectralist (plural spectralists)

  1. A composer of spectralist music

Forms of spectralist

pluralspectralists

Origin of spectralist

From spectral + -ist.

Questions about spectralist

What does spectralist mean?
Spectralist means of, pertaining to, or participating in spectralism, a school of musical composition strongly influenced by the spectrographic analysis of sound.
What part of speech is spectralist?
Spectralist can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near spectralist in the dictionary

  1. spectral theories
  2. spectral theory
  3. spectral type
  4. spectral types
  5. spectralism
  6. spectralist
  7. spectralists
  8. spectralities
  9. spectrality
  10. spectrally
  11. spectralness

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