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multispectral

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[muhl-tee-spek-truhl, muhl-tahy-] / ˌmʌl tiˈspɛk trəl, ˌmʌl taɪ- /

adjective

  1. (of an airborne camera or scanner) capable of sensing and recording radiation from invisible as well as visible parts of the electromagnetic spectrum.


Etymology

Origin of multispectral

First recorded in 1965–70; multi- + spectral

Example Sentences

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The technology could eventually enable a new generation of multispectral cameras with applications in areas such as skin cancer detection, food safety monitoring, and large scale agriculture.

From Science Daily • Mar. 4, 2026

The multispectral cameras that Mosse and Tweeten used for parts of “Broken Spectre” and for Mosse’s “drone maps” are able to see environmental conditions invisible to the naked eye.

From New York Times • Jun. 8, 2023

Compared with ordinary cameras and multispectral imagers, hyperspectral sensors record a much broader portion of the electromagnetic spectrum more precisely, capturing the distinctive reflected wavelengths of various materials.

From Scientific American • Jul. 31, 2022

The Landsat program has amassed over 9 million multispectral images of Earth’s land and coastal regions, according to Jeff Masek, Landsat 9 project scientist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 27, 2021

A:Being multispectral and desiring the widest spread possible meant that you are necessarily having a completely different device.

From Science Magazine • Sep. 15, 2021

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