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What does electromagnetic spectrum mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word electromagnetic spectrum? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. (physics) The entire range of wavelengths of all known electromagnetic radiations extending from gamma rays through visible light, infrared, and radio waves, to X-rays.
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So part of the electromagnetic spectrum could be opened up to anyone who uses smart devices.
Unfortunately, Earth's atmosphere blocks almost all wavelengths in the electromagnetic spectrum.
Light occupies a very small section of the electromagnetic spectrum, and visible light occupies an even narrower range.
It isn't hot enough to radiate UV rays but it does radiate in the visible and infrared parts of the electromagnetic spectrum.
Most known radiation dangers occur at the high end of the electromagnetic spectrum, and include X-rays and gamma rays.
The portrait of a galaxy could thus include information about its appearance in these other bands of the electromagnetic spectrum.

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