spectrum

spectrum ī, n

SPEC-, an appearance, form, image, apparition, spectre : quae Democritusεἴδωλα, Catius spectra nominat.

spectrum
spectrum, i, n. [specio], an appearance , form , image of a thing; an apparition , spectre , th...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
Spectrum
·noun An apparition; a specter. II. Spectrum ·noun The several colored and other rays of which ligh...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
spectrum
The variously coloured image into which a ray of light is divided on being passed through a prism. ...

The Sailor's Word-Book
solar spectrum
The coloured image of the sun produced by refraction through a prism. ...

The Sailor's Word-Book