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    Spectra refers to a continuous range of values rather than a specific set. Originally used in optics to describe the rainbow of colors seen when light passes through a prism, the term has since expanded to encompass the entire electromagnetic spectrum from radio waves to gamma rays.

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    Spectra refers to a continuous range of values rather than a specific set. Originally used in optics to describe the rainbow of colors seen when light passes through a prism, the term has since expanded to encompass the entire electromagnetic spectrum from radio waves to gamma rays.

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    A spectrum (plural spectra or spectrums[1]) is a condition that is not limited to a specific set of values but can vary infinitely

    within a continuum. The word was first used scientifically within the field of optics to describe the rainbow of colors in visible light when separated using a prism. As scientific understanding of light advanced, it came to apply to the entire electromagnetic spectrum.

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