INFRARED SPECTRUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does infrared spectrum mean? 

• INFRARED SPECTRUM (noun)
  The noun INFRARED SPECTRUM has 1 sense:

1. the spectrum of infrared radiation

  Familiarity information: INFRARED SPECTRUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INFRARED SPECTRUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The spectrum of infrared radiation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Hypernyms ("infrared spectrum" is a kind of...):

spectrum (an ordered array of the components of an emission or wave)

Meronyms (parts of "infrared spectrum"):

infrared; infrared frequency (the infrared region of the electromagnetic spectrum; electromagnetic wave frequencies below the visible range)

Holonyms ("infrared spectrum" is a part of...):

electromagnetic spectrum (the entire frequency range of electromagnetic waves)

 Context examples 

SDSS J0104+1535 has been classified as an L type ultra-subdwarf using its optical and near-infrared spectrum.

(Astronomers Identify Purest, Most Massive Brown Dwarf, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The team made the detection by analysing the infrared spectrum of the atmosphere of WASP-107b.

(Hubble detects helium in the atmosphere of an exoplanet for the first time, ESA/Hubble)