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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.


Etymology

Origin of multispectral

First recorded in 1965–70; multi- + spectral

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Operating from Low Earth Orbit, this top-rated multispectral satellite captures images across many wavelengths to survey terrain, monitor crops and track shipping.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 29, 2026

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

In 2017, the pages were re-analysed using state-of-the-art multispectral imaging.

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

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