multispectral

American  

[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.

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Etymology

Origin of multispectral

First recorded in 1965–70; multi- + spectral

Example Sentences

The multispectral image sensor was finally fabricated by vertically stacking the four photodetectors.

From Science Daily • May 30, 2024

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

Beyond that, multispectral imaging of palimpsests is opening a rich new seam of ancient texts in archives around the world.

From Scientific American • Oct. 20, 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