multispectral

English

Alternative forms

• multi-spectral

Etymology

From multi- +‎ spectral.

Adjective

multispectral (comparative more multispectral, superlative most multispectral)

1. Using light with two or more frequencies or frequency ranges.
   • 2021 July 14, Gareth Dennis, “#RailNatter... all about Rail Live matters”, in RAIL, number 935, page 35, photo caption:

     Costing more than the helicopter it is attached to, this impressive £1 million multi-spectral camera and sensor array picks up a huge range of data above and beyond the high-resolution aerial photography that Sean Leahy and the Network Rail Air Operations team have become known for.

References

• “multispectral”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.