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nonspectral

nonspectral

9.3
Does not use light to measure or study things
  • adjective
  • /nɒnˈspɛktrəl/
  • Specialized
translation icon : no espectral
  • As a nonspectral color, brown has been especially resistant to theory, and philosophers and experimental psychologists have generally argued that it is simply a darkened variety of spectral yellow.

Examples

  • As a nonspectral color, brown is often viewed as a mix of various hues rather than a single wavelength of light.

  • The artist chose nonspectral colors for his painting to create a unique and striking visual effect.

  • In physics, nonspectral phenomena refer to observations that do not involve the analysis of light or electromagnetic spectra.

How Spectral

spectral
  • Specialized
19 7.5
nonspectral
  • Specialized
9.3

Surface Forms

nonspectral positive

Morphology

nonspectral = spectral (transparent) = non + spectral

The meaning is clearly derived from 'spectral' with the prefix 'non-' indicating negation.

Etymology

Nonspectral comes from non- meaning 'not' and spectral from spectrum, which means 'a range of colors' like a rainbow. So nonspectral means 'not related to a spectrum', for example methods or data that do not depend on light colors or wavelengths.