multispectral

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adjective

Using light with two or more frequencies or frequency ranges.

OriginEnglish spectral ← Middle English multi- ← Latin multī →
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Meanings

adjectivemultispectral (comparative more multispectral, superlative most multispectral)

comparative more multispectral · superlative most multispectral · alternative multi-spectral

  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

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*moltos
  2. Latinmultus
  3. Latinmultī
  4. Middle Englishmulti-
  5. Englishmulti-
  6. Englishspectral
  7. Englishmultispectral

From multi- + spectral.

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APA

multispectral. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/multispectral

MLA

“multispectral.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/multispectral. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “multispectral,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/multispectral.

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