Use spectral in a sentence | example usage from the newswires

Editorial »

How to use the word spectral in a Sentence?

Sample usage from literary quotes and the newswire.

Filter by category:

7 results found

The big question, and a topic of active scientific debate, is whether the purple bacteria living on the ancient Earth had the ability to protect themselves from UV radiation well enough to inhabit vast expanses of the land surface, like plants do on the modern Earth, the spectral signature of the pigment would be much stronger if the pigmented bacteria covered the land surface. – Jennifer Glass	Found on CNN 6 years ago
Occultations in the solar system and in the transits of exoplanets are perfectly complementary, in both cases, the light that is transmitted through the atmosphere carries with it the spectral signatures of whatever gases, hazes, and clouds might be present in the planet's atmosphere. – Tyler Robinson	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
We show that carbon acts like a stealth darkening agent, from the standpoint of spectral analysis, it's like an invisible paint. – Peter Schultz	Found on CNN 9 years ago
This sort of spectral matching is a way to identify an unknown, good spectral matches suggest possible identifications, while bad matches eliminate them. Most of the spectra are dominated by minerals that are consistent with the identification of this meteorite as a carbonaceous chondrite. – Scott Sandford	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
How does one kill fear, I wonder? How do you shoot a specter through the heart, slash off its spectral head, take it by its spectral throat? – Joseph Conrad	added by anonymous 10 years ago
Modern thought has transferred the spectral character of Death to the notion of time itself. Time has become Death triumphant over all. – John Berger	added by anonymous 10 years ago
How does one kill fear, I wonder How do you shoot a spectre through the heart, slash off its spectral head, take it by the spectral throat – Joseph Conrad	added by anonymous 14 years ago

The big question, and a topic of active scientific debate, is whether the purple bacteria living on the ancient Earth had the ability to protect themselves from UV radiation well enough to inhabit vast expanses of the land surface, like plants do on the modern Earth, the spectral signature of the pigment would be much stronger if the pigmented bacteria covered the land surface.

– Jennifer Glass

Found on CNN
6 years ago

Occultations in the solar system and in the transits of exoplanets are perfectly complementary, in both cases, the light that is transmitted through the atmosphere carries with it the spectral signatures of whatever gases, hazes, and clouds might be present in the planet's atmosphere.

– Tyler Robinson

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

We show that carbon acts like a stealth darkening agent, from the standpoint of spectral analysis, it's like an invisible paint.

– Peter Schultz

Found on CNN
9 years ago

This sort of spectral matching is a way to identify an unknown, good spectral matches suggest possible identifications, while bad matches eliminate them. Most of the spectra are dominated by minerals that are consistent with the identification of this meteorite as a carbonaceous chondrite.

– Scott Sandford

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

How does one kill fear, I wonder? How do you shoot a specter through the heart, slash off its spectral head, take it by its spectral throat?

– Joseph Conrad

added by anonymous
10 years ago

Modern thought has transferred the spectral character of Death to the notion of time itself. Time has become Death triumphant over all.

– John Berger

added by anonymous
10 years ago

How does one kill fear, I wonder How do you shoot a spectre through the heart, slash off its spectral head, take it by the spectral throat

– Joseph Conrad

added by anonymous
14 years ago

Discuss these sample sentences with the community:

0 Comments

Notify me of new comments via email.

Are we missing a good definition for spectral? Don't keep it to yourself...

Word of the Day

Would you like us to send you a FREE new word definition delivered to your inbox daily?

The Web's Largest Resource for

Definitions & Translations

A Member Of The STANDS4 Network

Free, no signup required:

Add to Chrome

Get instant definitions for any word that hits you anywhere on the web!

Free, no signup required:

Add to Firefox

Get instant definitions for any word that hits you anywhere on the web!

Browse Definitions.net

#A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Quiz

Are you a words master?

indecision in speech or action

A crate

B wavering

C brasserie

D vigorish