Spectrum Envy? (Episode 011) March 2025 Lost in Multiversal Translation Merriam-Webster defines the word spectrum as, basically, the color spectrum, a range of light or energy, or another continuum. It says spectrum comes from the Latin specere, "appearance." The word specter actually comes from the word spectrum...much like the appearance of "magic" often comes from technology. For once, the dictionary's got the history right! But to fully understand how the word first appeared, we must look...
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