How to Use electromagnetic spectrum in a Sentence

electromagnetic spectrum

noun
  • Microwaves are a range of frequences in the electromagnetic spectrum.
    — Scott Pelley, CBS News, 8 Mar. 2026
  • The researchers combined this with data from other telescopes across the electromagnetic spectrum.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Both of these processes radiate vast amounts of energy across the electromagnetic spectrum that appear to astronomers from great distances as quasars.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Terahertz waves lie between optical waves and microwaves on the electromagnetic spectrum.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 28 Apr. 2020
  • Astronomy began with visible light and then expanded to the rest of the electromagnetic spectrum.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Getting above the atmosphere allows telescopes to detect vastly more of the electromagnetic spectrum than visible light alone.
    — Martin Elvis, The Conversation, 9 Jan. 2026
  • This illumination covers both light visible to the human eye and longer wavelengths of light in the infrared and radio regions of the electromagnetic spectrum.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 17 Nov. 2025
  • Electronic warfare systems, by nature, are designed to detect, analyze, and counter threats across the electromagnetic spectrum.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 20 Apr. 2026
  • The immense gravity of the central supermassive black hole causes the accretion disk to glow brightly across the electromagnetic spectrum.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 25 Feb. 2026
  • The human eye is mostly sensitive to only three bands of the electromagnetic spectrum—red, green, and blue (RGB)—in the visible range.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 23 Sep. 2025
  • No other existing or planned telescope can observe through multiple ranges of the electromagnetic spectrum simultaneously on such short notice.
    — Anna Y. Q. Ho, Scientific American, 29 June 2026
  • That high up in the electromagnetic spectrum, the chip can take advantage of a full 10 gigahertz of bandwidth, which leads to millimeter-scale resolution, its inventors say.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 16 May 2019
  • Their immense gravity generates tidal forces in this accretion disk that cause intense friction, resulting in high temperatures that cause this region to brightly glow across the electromagnetic spectrum.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 20 Feb. 2026
  • Terahertz radiation sits between microwaves and infrared on the electromagnetic spectrum.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 4 Feb. 2026
  • The research team says the laser can generate bright light in the vacuum ultraviolet region of the electromagnetic spectrum, an area scientists have struggled to access with practical systems.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 12 Mar. 2026
  • The result is an external pressure far greater than is typically experienced by galaxies of this type, known as radio galaxies due to their brightness in the radio region of the electromagnetic spectrum.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 19 Jan. 2026
  • But those robotic spacecraft are loaded with sophisticated scientific instruments viewing the Moon in light waves across the electromagnetic spectrum.
    — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Bright looping structures can be seen playing throughout the sun's atmosphere in the ultraviolet realm of the electromagnetic spectrum as plasma is shaped by our star's strong magnetic field while the moon's silhouette roams left-to-right across the solar disk.
    — Anthony Wood, Space.com, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Ultraviolet radiation falls on the electromagnetic spectrum between X-rays and visible light.
    — Kff Health News, Oc Register, 10 June 2026
  • Ultraviolet radiation falls on the electromagnetic spectrum between X-rays and visible light.
    — Michael Scaturro, Miami Herald, 15 June 2026
  • Whoever controls the electromagnetic spectrum, secures the provenance of data, and fields resilient sensing systems will shape not only military outcomes but the political economy of the coming decades.
    — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 6 Nov. 2025
  • The problem with this concept is the fact that the region around ravenous black holes should emit strongly in the X-ray region of the electromagnetic spectrum, but that doesn't seem to be the case for little red dots or for BiRD.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Electronic warfare has traditionally relied on human operators to detect, analyze, and respond to threats in the electromagnetic spectrum.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 19 Apr. 2026
  • The required transition occurs at a wavelength of roughly 148 nanometers, deep in the vacuum ultraviolet region of the electromagnetic spectrum.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 13 June 2026
  • Responding to these challenges requires systems capable of operating quickly and efficiently across the electromagnetic spectrum.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 16 Mar. 2026
  • This means the light emitted from these larger accretion disks is in the ultraviolet region of the electromagnetic spectrum, while the electromagnetic radiation from the disks around neutron stars is in the form of X-rays, which are higher in energy.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Galaxies emit light across the electromagnetic spectrum, but wavelengths in the extreme ultraviolet (UV) are absorbed very efficiently by pervasive clouds of hydrogen in intergalactic space, which blocks most of that UV light from more distant objects.
    — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 19 June 2026
  • The two companies announced a successful demonstration of autonomous electronic warfare capabilities, highlighting how artificial intelligence can support faster and more efficient responses to threats in the electromagnetic spectrum.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Starlink has 10,000 satellites, a commanding lead over Amazon’s 200-strong Leo constellation; Globalstar has a further 25, but the real prize is control over part of the electromagnetic spectrum.
    — Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 16 Apr. 2026

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