spectrumとは

意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Latin spectrum (“appearance, image, apparition”), from speciō (“look at, view”). Doublet of specter. See also scope.

発音

• (Canada, 英国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈspektɹəm/
• (米国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈspɛkt(ʃ)ɹəm/
• 韻: -ɛktɹəm

名詞

spectrum (複数形 spectra または spectrums)

1. A range; a continuous, infinite, one-dimensional set, possibly bounded by extremes.
   • 2012 November 7, Matt Bai, “Winning a Second Term, Obama Will Confront Familiar Headwinds”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     As Mr. Obama prepared to take the oath, his approval rating touched a remarkable 70 percent in some polling — a reflection of good will across the political spectrum.

2. Specifically, a range of colours representing light (electromagnetic radiation) of contiguous frequencies; hence electromagnetic spectrum, visible spectrum, ultraviolet spectrum, etc. [from later 17th c.]
   • 2010 October 30, Jim Giles, Jammed!, in New Scientist,

     Current 3G technologies can send roughly 1 bit of data - a one or a zero - per second over each 1 Hz of spectrum that the operator owns.

3. (psychology, education) The autism spectrum.
4. (chemistry) The pattern of absorption or emission of radiation produced by a substance when subjected to energy (radiation, heat, electricity, etc.).
5. (mathematics, linear algebra) The set of eigenvalues of a matrix.
6. (mathematics, functional analysis) Of a bounded linear operator A, the set of scalar values λ such that the operator A—λI, where I denotes the identity operator, does not have a bounded inverse; intended as a generalisation of the linear algebra sense.
7. (abstract algebra, algebraic geometry) The set, denoted Spec(R), of all prime ideals of a given ring R, commonly augmented with a Zariski topology and considered as a topological space.

   Hyponym: Stone space

8. (obsolete) Specter, apparition. [from early 17th c.]
9. The image of something seen that persists after the eyes are closed.

派生語

• cepstrum
• light spectrum
• spectro-
• spectrum disorder
• political spectrum

関連する語

• spectral

アナグラム

• cepstrum, crumpets