Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hyperspectral

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.98 in modern English

Syllables
hy-per-spec-tral
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Hellenic *hupér Ancient Greek ῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér) Ancient Greek ῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)der. English hyper- English spectral English hyperspectral From hyper- + spectral.

Questions

What does hyperspectral mean?
Describing any technique that employs a large part of the electromagnetic spectrum, especially that includes those parts of the spectrum invisible to the eye.
Where does hyperspectral come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Hellenic *hupér Ancient Greek ῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér) Ancient Greek ῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)der. English hyper- English spectral English hyperspectral From hyper- + spectral.

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