How to Use multispectral in a Sentence
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But the orbiter’s wide-angle multispectral camera is not as sharp.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 9 Apr. 2026
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That’s where technologies such as multispectral imaging came in.
—Leslie Katz, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
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The other is multispectral, meaning it is based on specific wavelengths.
—Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 20 Mar. 2014
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The rover is outfitted with a multispectral microscope to take measurements of the regolith.
—Sam Zlotnik, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Nov. 2022
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But the success of multispectral imaging on cartonnage was more limited.
—Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 25 Jan. 2018
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Each satellite is equipped with multispectral imaging that can peer through smoke and clouds and detect fires as small as five by five meters—about 16 by 16 feet.
—Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 17 July 2026
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They are now described as hyperspectral instead of merely multispectral.
—New York Times, 28 June 2021
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For all its multispectral multitasking, Mastcam-Z does have its limits.
—Adam Rogers, Wired, 23 Feb. 2021
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The multispectral imaging of the palimpsest was carried out in January 2020.
—Dhananjay Khadilkar, Ars Technica, 18 Apr. 2023
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Now, using multispectral imaging technology, researchers have unveiled three lines of words hidden on the ancient text message.
—Nicholas St. Fleur, New York Times, 16 June 2017
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In order to do that, Psyche's multispectral imager will be used to capture thousands of observations of Mars.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 12 May 2026
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In order to up the contrast, researchers used a multispectral imaging technique that detected color differences on the skin — even in the non-visible range.
—Carl Engelking, Discover Magazine, 7 Oct. 2022
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Satellites are being equipped with multispectral cameras, seeing machines that can operate at wavelengths and frequencies the human eye can’t.
—Hari Kunzru, Harper's Magazine, 26 Oct. 2021
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The system uses low-cost multispectral cameras to pinpoint methane release locations and quantify flow rates based on minute-by-minute measurements.
—Afdhel Aziz, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2023
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They are equipped with high-resolution, multispectral cameras that will take snapshots of transformers, pole tops, cross arms and conductors that will be examined by experts on the ground.
—Sara Cardine, La Cañada Valley Sun, 13 Sep. 2019
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In both multispectral imaging and ultrafast optical communications, one of the key issues has been the speed of the photodetectors.
—IEEE Spectrum, 28 Dec. 2017
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Juventas is equipped with a radar instrument that will be able to peer deep beneath the surface of the space rocks, while Milani has a multispectral imager to map minerals and dust on both asteroids.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 7 Oct. 2024
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Davis examined multispectral images of 10 pages from the Voynich manuscript.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 9 Sep. 2024
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Researchers used multispectral imaging, which relies on different wavelengths of light like ultraviolet and infrared, to reveal details in the manuscript that the naked eye could not spot.
—Alan Yuhas, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
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As Mars’s gravity slung the spacecraft onto the next leg of its journey, mission scientists used the opportunity to put its multispectral imager through a full dress rehearsal.
—Sam MacDonald, Scientific American, 21 July 2026
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Drones mounted with multispectral sensors are evaluating vegetation patterns on the tundra to help assess the impact of climate change on subsistence foods like salmonberries.
—Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Sep. 2023
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Scientists have developed a tunable multispectral compatible infrared camouflage device with the help of a type of phase change material.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 6 Aug. 2025
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And not just with visible light but with multispectral imagery, particularly thermal imaging, the most important for finding and outlining fire in its multiple levels of heat.
—James Conca, Forbes, 31 Aug. 2021
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One of these instruments is a pair of identical multispectral color cameras to survey the asteroid's surface and create 3D topography maps.
—Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 13 Oct. 2023
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Artificial intelligence helps most of these tools organize and process information from their onboard sensors—often multispectral cameras, which can pick up on differences in the types of light reflected by plants.
—Molly Glick, Scientific American, 17 July 2023
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Researchers also tested a fragment of a real mummy mask using multispectral imaging, which can detect a range of different colors by illuminating objects with different wavelengths of light.
—Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 25 Jan. 2018
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Data acquisition included 2 rounds of multispectral drone data and 3 rounds of ground truthing data, including data on farm boundaries, crop variety and harvest volumes.
—IEEE Spectrum, 1 Dec. 2018
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The project merges English literature with multispectral imaging, a technology that analyzes an image at specific wavelengths.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Mar. 2025
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In this case, the Cincinnati Art Museum is hoping to analyze the painting using other advanced technologies, such as multispectral imaging.
—Ella Feldman, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Dec. 2022
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While Heiberg’s photographs were the only means for researchers to access the manuscript for a long time, multispectral imaging made closer inspection possible in the 2000s.
—News Desk, Artforum, 17 Mar. 2026
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