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spectra

/ˈspɛktɹə/

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noun

  1. plural of spectrum

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/ˈspɛktɹə/

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Their spectra appear to be prevailingly of the solar type, except that a very small proportion contain some bright lines in addition to the continuous spectrum.
VariousThe Scientific Monthly, October to December, 1915Project Gutenberg ebook #987
To conclude, I find in Scripture that there be Angels, and Spirits, good and evill; but not that they are Incorporeall, as are the Apparitions men see in the Dark, or in a Dream, or Vision; which the Latines call Spectra, and took for Daemons.
Thomas HobbesLeviathanProject Gutenberg ebook #3207