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multispectral en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multus Latin multīder. Middle English multi- English multi- English spectral English multispectral From multi- + spectral.

Meanings

  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:

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most multispectral Degree=Sup lexicographic
more multispectral Degree=Cmp lexicographic
multi-spectral alternative lexicographic