Phrase guide

electromagnetic spectrum

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The entire range of wavelengths of all known electromagnetic radiations extending from gamma rays, to X-rays through visible light, infrared, to radio waves.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics

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noun

Meaning 2

the entire frequency range of electromagnetic waves

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: spectrum

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Across languages

Translations

66 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: elektromagnetiese spektrum — electromagnetic spectrum
  • Albanian: spektri elektromagnetik — electromagnetic spectrum
  • Arabic: طَيْف كَهْرُومَغْنَاطِيسِيّ (ṭayf kahrūmaḡnāṭīsiyy) — electromagnetic spectrum
  • Armenian: ելեկտրամագնիսական սպեկտր (elektramagnisakan spektr) — electromagnetic spectrum
  • Asturian: espectru electromagnéticu — electromagnetic spectrum
  • Azerbaijani: elektromaqnit spektr — electromagnetic spectrum
  • Basque: espektro elektromagnetiko — electromagnetic spectrum
  • Bengali: তড়িৎচৌম্বক বর্ণালী (toṛitcōumbok bornali) — electromagnetic spectrum
  • Bulgarian: електромагнитен спектър (elektromagniten spektǎr) — electromagnetic spectrum
  • Catalan: espectre electromagnètic — electromagnetic spectrum
  • Chinese Mandarin: 電磁波譜 /电磁波谱 (diàncí bōpǔ) — electromagnetic spectrum
  • Czech: elektromagnetické spektrum — electromagnetic spectrum
  • Danish: elektromagnetiske spektrum — electromagnetic spectrum
  • Dutch: elektromagnetisch spectrum — electromagnetic spectrum
  • Esperanto: elektromagneta spektro — electromagnetic spectrum
  • Estonian: elektromagnetspekter — electromagnetic spectrum
  • Finnish: sähkömagneettinen spektri — electromagnetic spectrum
  • French: spectre électromagnétique — electromagnetic spectrum
  • Galician: espectro electromagnético — electromagnetic spectrum
  • Georgian: ელექტრომაგნიტური სპექტრი (elekṭromagniṭuri sṗekṭri) — electromagnetic spectrum
  • German: elektromagnetisches Spektrum — electromagnetic spectrum
  • Greek: ηλεκτρομαγνητικό φάσμα (ilektromagnitikó fásma) — electromagnetic spectrum
  • Haitian Creole: espèk elektwomayetik — electromagnetic spectrum
  • Hebrew: הספקטרום האלקטרומגנטי (he-spektrum ha-leqtromagneti) — electromagnetic spectrum
  • Hindi: विद्युतचुंबकीय वर्णक्रम (vidyutcumbkīya varṇakram) — electromagnetic spectrum
  • Hungarian: elektromágneses spektrum — electromagnetic spectrum
  • Icelandic: rafsegulsvið — electromagnetic spectrum
  • Indonesian: spektrum elektromagnetik — electromagnetic spectrum
  • Irish: speictream leictreamaighnéadach — electromagnetic spectrum
  • Italian: spettro elettromagnetico — electromagnetic spectrum
  • Japanese: 電磁スペクトル (denji supekutoru) — electromagnetic spectrum
  • Kazakh: электромагниттік спектр (élektromagnittık spektr) — electromagnetic spectrum
  • Korean: 전자기 스펙트럼 (jeonjagi seupekteureom) — electromagnetic spectrum
  • Northern Kurdish: şebenga karomiqnatîsî — electromagnetic spectrum
  • Latvian: elektromagnētiskais spektrs — electromagnetic spectrum
  • Lithuanian: elektromagnetinis spektras — electromagnetic spectrum
  • Luxembourgish: elektromagnéitesche Spektrum — electromagnetic spectrum
  • Macedonian: електромагнетен спектар (elektromagneten spektar) — electromagnetic spectrum
  • Malay: spektrum elektromagnet — electromagnetic spectrum
  • Malayalam: വിദ്യുത്കാന്തിക വർണ്ണരാജി (vidyutkāntika vaṟṇṇarāji) — electromagnetic spectrum
  • Māori: tūāwhiorangi autōhiko — electromagnetic spectrum
  • Mongolian: цахилгаан соронзон спектр (caxilgaan soronzon spektr) — electromagnetic spectrum
  • Norwegian Bokmål: elektromagnetisk spekter — electromagnetic spectrum
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: det elektromagnetiske spekteret — electromagnetic spectrum
  • Pashto: برېښنايي مقناطيسي طيف — electromagnetic spectrum
  • Persian: طیف الکترومغناطیسی (teyf elektromagnetiki) — electromagnetic spectrum
  • Polish: widmo fal elektromagnetycznych — electromagnetic spectrum
  • Portuguese: espectro eletromagnético — electromagnetic spectrum
  • Romanian: spectru electromagnetic — electromagnetic spectrum
  • Russian: электромагни́тный спектр (elektromagnítnyj spektr) — electromagnetic spectrum
  • Serbo-Croatian: електромагнетни спектар — electromagnetic spectrum
  • Serbo-Croatian: електромагнетски спектар — electromagnetic spectrum
  • Serbo-Croatian: elektromagnetni spektar — electromagnetic spectrum
  • Serbo-Croatian: elektromagnetski spektar — electromagnetic spectrum
  • Sinhalese: විද්යුත්-චුම්බක ආවලිය (widyut-cumbaka āwaliya) — electromagnetic spectrum
  • Slovak: elektromagnetické spektrum — electromagnetic spectrum
  • Slovene: elektromagnetni spekter — electromagnetic spectrum
  • Spanish: espectro electromagnético — electromagnetic spectrum
  • Swedish: elektromagnetiskt spektrum — electromagnetic spectrum
  • Tamil: மின்காந்த நிழற்பட்டை (miṉkānta niḻaṟpaṭṭai) — electromagnetic spectrum
  • Telugu: విద్యుదయస్కాంత వర్ణపటం (vidyudayaskānta varṇapaṭaṁ) — electromagnetic spectrum
  • Thai: สเปกตรัมแม่เหล็กไฟฟ้า (sɔ̌ɔ-bpèek-dtram-mɛ̂ɛ-lèk-fai-fáa) — electromagnetic spectrum
  • Turkish: elektromanyetik tayf — electromagnetic spectrum
  • Ukrainian: електромагнітний спектр (elektromahnitnyj spektr) — electromagnetic spectrum
  • Uzbek: elektromagnit spektr — electromagnetic spectrum
  • Vietnamese: phổ điện từ — electromagnetic spectrum