Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

first-order spectrum

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.23 in modern English

Syllables: first-order spec-trum
IPA

28

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

3

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A spectrum produced by a diffraction grating whose adjacent slits are one wavelength apart.

Inflected Forms

first-order spectra (plural)

Questions

What does first-order spectrum mean?: A spectrum produced by a diffraction grating whose adjacent slits are one wavelength apart.

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