Visible Spectrum (Noun)
Meaning
The distribution of colors produced when light is dispersed by a prism.
Classification
Nouns denoting natural phenomena.
Examples
- The colors of the visible spectrum always appear in the same order, a fact that led Newton to suggest they had specific wavelengths.
- He first passed sunlight through a prism, splitting it into its individual colors in the visible spectrum.
- White light can be split into its constituent colors, known as the visible spectrum, using a prism or prism-like device.
- He passed sunlight through the prism and created the visible spectrum on a white screen placed in a dark room.
- In a dark room with sunlight streaming in through the prism, Newton created the full range of colors of the visible spectrum on the wall.