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],
"etymology_number": 2,
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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "spectrum",
"3": "al"
},
"expansion": "spectrum + -al",
"name": "suffix"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From spectrum + -al.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "more spectral",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "most spectral",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {},
"expansion": "spectral (comparative more spectral, superlative most spectral)",
"name": "en-adj"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"antonyms": [
{
"word": "nonspectral"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Of, or pertaining to, spectra; classified according to frequency or wavelength (of light etc.)."
],
"links": [
[
"spectra",
"spectrum"
],
[
"frequency",
"frequency"
],
[
"wavelength",
"wavelength"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈspɛktɹəɫ/"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-spectral.wav",
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}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "spektralen",
"sense": "of a spectrum",
"word": "спектрален"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "of a spectrum",
"word": "spektrální"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "of a spectrum",
"word": "spectraal"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "of a spectrum",
"word": "spektri-"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "of a spectrum",
"word": "spectral"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "of a spectrum",
"word": "spektral"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "of a spectrum",
"word": "Spektral-"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "of a spectrum",
"word": "spettrale"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "of a spectrum",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "espectral"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "of a spectrum",
"word": "spectral"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "of a spectrum",
"word": "späktrumik"
}
],
"word": "spectral"
}
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