narrowband
adjective
nar·row·band
ˈner-(ˌ)ō-ˌband 
ˈna-(ˌ)rō-
: operating at, responsive to, or including a narrow range of frequencies
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Bright-light therapy is standard care for seasonal affective disorder, and narrowband ultraviolet light remains a mainstay for psoriasis.
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Lynne Peeples, Scientific American, 26 Mar. 2026
Brecher captured the ionized glow of the distant nebula using a Celestron 14-inch EDGE HD telescope with a monochrome astronomy camera fitted with a series of narrowband filters in the skies over the city of Guelph,Canada, from March 8-13, 2026.
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 23 Mar. 2026
The telescope also uses ultra-narrowband filters designed to isolate faint light from hydrogen gas drifting between galaxies.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 11 Mar. 2026
This was due to the exchange of narrowband licenses for broadband licenses.
—Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 11 Feb. 2025
Compared with narrowband wireless battery-management systems, Ruiz-Sevillano says NXP’s system can send data four times as fast, reaching up to 7.8 megabits per second.
—IEEE Spectrum, 4 Dec. 2024
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Lynne Peeples, Scientific American, 26 Mar. 2026
Brecher captured the ionized glow of the distant nebula using a Celestron 14-inch EDGE HD telescope with a monochrome astronomy camera fitted with a series of narrowband filters in the skies over the city of Guelph,Canada, from March 8-13, 2026.
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 23 Mar. 2026
The telescope also uses ultra-narrowband filters designed to isolate faint light from hydrogen gas drifting between galaxies.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 11 Mar. 2026
This was due to the exchange of narrowband licenses for broadband licenses.
—Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 11 Feb. 2025
Compared with narrowband wireless battery-management systems, Ruiz-Sevillano says NXP’s system can send data four times as fast, reaching up to 7.8 megabits per second.
—IEEE Spectrum, 4 Dec. 2024
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