<B>spectacular, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>making a great display or show; very striking or imposing to the eye. <BR> <I>Ex. a spectacular storm; ... a spectacular display of wrath (Arnold Bennett). Motion pictures present spectacular scenes like battles, processions, storms, or races.</I> (SYN) showy. <DD><B> 2. </B>having to do with a spectacle or show. (SYN) theatrical. <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a spectacular display. <BR> <I>Ex. The editors' appetite for the two-page spectacular reduces them to about one picture per country [in the atlas] (New York Times Book Review).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a lengthy motion picture or television show, usually produced on an extravagant scale; special. <BR> <I>Ex. Its big feature ... will be a series of costly and lavish ninety-minute "spectaculars"--opera, drama, musical comedy, circuses, ice shows, etc. (New York Times).</I> adv. <B>spectacularly.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="spectacularity">
<B>spectacularity, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> spectacular quality or character. </DL>
<A NAME="spectate">
<B>spectate, </B>intransitive verb, <B>-tated,</B> <B>-tating.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to be a spectator. <BR> <I>Ex. Hearing that a big match was under way here, ... we repaired to the arena, and asked leave to spectate (New Yorker).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="spectation">
<B>spectation, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> spectatorship. <BR> <I>Ex. President Kennedy called upon Americans to spend less time in athletic spectation and more time in athletic participation (George McNickle).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="spectator">
<B>spectator, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a person who looks on without taking part. <BR> <I>Ex. There were many spectators at the game. The Puritan hated bear-baiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators (Macaulay).</I> (SYN) observer, witness, onlooker, bystander. <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=spectator pump.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="spectatorial">
<B>spectatorial, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having to do with or characteristic of a spectator. </DL>
<A NAME="spectatorism">
<B>spectatorism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the practice of being a spectator or onlooker at sports or games; spectatorship. <BR> <I>Ex. ... a still-to-be-assessed turn from cool spectatorism to active involvement (Harper's).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="spectatoritis">
<B>spectatoritis, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> excessive or undue spectatorism. </DL>
<A NAME="spectatorpump">
<B>spectator pump,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a woman's sports pump with a medium or high heel, usually white but having a dark-colored heel and toe. </DL>
<A NAME="spectatorship">
<B>spectatorship, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the act of watching as a spectator. <DD><B> 2. </B>the state or occupation of being a spectator. </DL>
<A NAME="spectatorsport">
<B>spectator sport,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a sport which usually attracts a large number of spectators, as distinguished from a sport, such as boating or hunting, in which more people participate than watch. <BR> <I>Ex. Baseball, football, and basketball rank high among the most popular spectator sports in the United States (Elmer D. Mitchell).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="spectatress">
<B>spectatress, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a woman spectator. <BR> <I>Ex. To be spectatress at interminable and frequently incomprehensible sports is part of the lot of women (Prudence Glynn).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="specter">
<B>specter, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a phantom or ghost, especially one of a terrifying nature or appearance. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) a thing that causes terror or dread. <BR> <I>Ex. the grim specter of war.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="specterofthebrocken">
<B>specter of the Brocken,</B> <B>=Brocken specter.</B></DL>
<A NAME="spectinomycin">
<B>spectinomycin, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an antibiotic obtained from an actinomycete or produced synthetically, used especially against strains of gonorrhea resistant to penicillin. <BR> <I>Ex. Spectinomycin ... inhibits a wide spectrum of bacteria and does not cause kidney damage or hearing loss, side effects common to related antibiotics (Science News).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="spectra">
<B>spectra, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a plural of <B>spectrum.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="spectral">
<B>spectral, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>of or like a specter; ghostly. <BR> <I>Ex. He saw the spectral form of the headless horseman.</I> <DD><B> 2a. </B>of or produced by the spectrum. <BR> <I>Ex. spectral colors.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>carried out or performed by means of the spectrum. <BR> <I>Ex. spectral analysis.</I> adv. <B>spectrally.</B> noun <B>spectralness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="spectralclass">
<B>spectral class,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> any one of the classes into which stars are divided on the basis of their spectra. Spectral classes range from very hot blue stars to very cool red stars. </DL>
<A NAME="spectrality">
<B>spectrality, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the quality or state of being spectral. </DL>
<A NAME="spectralline">
<B>spectral line,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> any of the dark or bright lines in stellar spectra caused by the transition of atoms from one energy level to another and indicating the presence of a particular chemical element; absorption line or emission line. </DL>
<A NAME="spectralseries">
<B>spectral series,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a series of spectral lines. </DL>
<A NAME="spectre">
<B>spectre, </B>noun. <B>=specter.</B></DL>
<A NAME="spectro">
<B>spectro-,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (combining form.) having to do with the spectrum or with spectrum analysis. <BR> <I>Ex. Spectroscope = an instrument for spectrum analysis. Spectrogram = a photograph of a spectrum.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="spectrobolometer">
<B>spectrobolometer, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an instrument consisting of a combined spectroscope and bolometer, used in determining the distribution of radiant heat or energy in a spectrum. </DL>
<A NAME="spectrochemical">
<B>spectrochemical, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with spectrochemistry. </DL>
<A NAME="spectrochemistry">
<B>spectrochemistry, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the branch of chemistry that deals with the techniques and findings of spectrum analysis. </DL>
<A NAME="spectrofluorometer">
<B>spectrofluorometer, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an instrument which measures the spectra of fluorescence. </DL>
<A NAME="spectrofluorometric">
<B>spectrofluorometric, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of, having to do with, or using a spectrofluorometer. </DL>
<A NAME="spectrogram">
<B>spectrogram, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a photograph or picture of a spectrum. <BR> <I>Ex. If the spectroscope is arranged for photographic observation, so the spectral lines can be photographed side by side on a film or plate, the instrument is called a spectrograph, and the picture a spectrogram (Shortley and Williams).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=sound spectrogram.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="spectrograph">
<B>spectrograph, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>an instrument for photographing a spectrum. <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=sound spectrograph.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="spectrographic">
<B>spectrographic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or by means of a spectrograph. adv. <B>spectrographically.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="spectrography">
<B>spectrography, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the art of using the spectrograph. </DL>
<A NAME="spectroheliogram">
<B>spectroheliogram, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a photograph of the sun taken with a spectroheliograph. </DL>
<A NAME="spectroheliograph">
<B>spectroheliograph, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an apparatus for photographing the sun with light of a single wave length, in order to show the details of various solar phenomena, such as sun spots, as they would appear if only one kind of light were emitted. </DL>
<A NAME="spectrohelioscope">
<B>spectrohelioscope, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>an instrument like the spectroheliograph but used for visual rather than photographic observations of the sun. <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=spectroheliograph.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="spectrological">
<B>spectrological, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of, having to do with, or determined by spectrology. <BR> <I>Ex. spectrological analysis.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="spectrology">
<B>spectrology, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the scientific study of spectra. </DL>
<A NAME="spectrometer">
<B>spectrometer, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a spectroscope equipped with a scale for measuring wave lengths of spectra. </DL>
<A NAME="spectrometric">
<B>spectrometric, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with a spectrometer or spectrometry. adv. <B>spectrometrically.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="spectrometry">
<B>spectrometry, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the science that deals with the use of the spectrometer and the analysis of spectra. <DD><B> 2. </B>the use of the spectrometer. </DL>
<A NAME="spectrophotometer">
<B>spectrophotometer, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an instrument used to compare the intensities of two spectra, or the intensity of a given color with that of the corresponding color in a standard spectrum. </DL>
<A NAME="spectrophotometric">
<B>spectrophotometric, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or by means of the spectrophotometer. adv. <B>spectrophotometrically.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="spectrophotometry">
<B>spectrophotometry, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the science that deals with the use of the spectrophotometer. <DD><B> 2. </B>the use of the spectrophotometer. </DL>
<A NAME="spectroscope">
<B>spectroscope, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an instrument for producing and examining the spectrum of a ray from any source. The spectrum produced by passing a light ray through a prism can be examined to determine the composition of the source of the ray. <BR> <I>Ex. With the possible exception of the telescope itself, no astronomical instrument has excelled thesimple spectroscope in importance for our knowledge of the material universe (Harlow Shapley).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="spectroscopic">
<B>spectroscopic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with the spectroscope or spectroscopy. <BR> <I>Ex. a spectroscopic prism.</I> adv. <B>spectroscopically.</B> </DL>
<B>spectroscopic binary,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Astronomy.) a binary star whose two components are so close that they cannot be separated with a telescope and are known to exist only through spectrum analysis. </DL>
<A NAME="spectroscopist">
<B>spectroscopist, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person skilled in spectroscopy. </DL>
<A NAME="spectroscopy">
<B>spectroscopy, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the science having to do with the examination and analysis of spectra. <DD><B> 2. </B>the use of the spectroscope. </DL>
