Spectrum

spek'trum, n. the image of something seen continued after the eyes are dosed the colours of light separated by a prism, and exhibited as spread out on a screen:—//. Spec'trA. [Lit. ‘something seen,' from L. s/vc-to, to see. Doublet Spectre.] Specular, spek'a-lar, adj resembling a speculum: having a smooth reflecting surface. [L.] Speculate, spek'Qdat, v to look at or into with the mind to consider: to theorise to traffic for great profit — Speculator. (L. spcculatus pa.p of p> cular— specula, a look-out—spec-to, to look