electromagnetic spectrum

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• Electromagnetic spectrum — The electromagnetic (EM) spectrum is the range of all possible electromagnetic radiation frequencies. [cite web|url=http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/dict ei.html#em spectrum|title=Imagine the Universe! Dictionary] The electromagnetic spectrum… …   Wikipedia

• electromagnetic spectrum — the entire spectrum, considered as a continuum, of all kinds of electric, magnetic, and visible radiation, from gamma rays having a wavelength of 0.001 angstrom to long waves having a wavelength of more than 1 million km. [1935 40] * * * Total… …   Universalium

• electromagnetic spectrum — noun Date: circa 1934 the entire range of wavelengths or frequencies of electromagnetic radiation extending from gamma rays to the longest radio waves and including visible light …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• electromagnetic spectrum — noun The entire range of wavelengths of all known electromagnetic radiations extending from gamma rays through visible light, infrared, and radio waves, to X rays …   Wiktionary

• electromagnetic spectrum — шкала электромагнитных волн …   Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь

• electromagnetic spectrum — спектр электромагнитных волн …   Англо-русский словарь технических терминов

• electromagnetic spectrum — шкала электромагнитных волн …   Англо-русский технический словарь

• electromagnetic spectrum — электромагнитный спектр …   Англо-русский словарь нефтегазовой промышленности

• spectrum management — Planning, coordinating, and managing joint use of the electromagnetic spectrum through operational, engineering, and administrative procedures. The objective of spectrum management is to enable electronic systems to perform their functions in the …   Military dictionary

• Electromagnetic spectroscopy — is the spectroscopy of electromagnetic spectra which arise out of atoms absorbing and emitting quanta of electromagnetic radiation. It is done with the aid of a spectrometer (spectroscope).Types of electromagnetic spectroscopyElectromagnetic… …   Wikipedia