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Word: spectrum (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
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Usage:

...announced that a brass band has been discovered in the solar spectrum...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NOTES AND COMMENTS. | 1/23/1882 | See Source »

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Normalized population density for word "spectrum" throughout decades:

1870s : 1.1411
1880s : 0.4106
1890s : 0.2650
1900s : 0.5535
1910s : 0.2627
1920s : 0.3088
1930s : 0.3981
1940s : 0.1461
1950s : 0.4570
1960s : 1.2543
1970s : 1.1373
1980s : 1.1599
1990s : 1.5379
2000s : 1.5359
2010s : 1.9141