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polychromatic mode
spectrophotometric mode of measurement where the specimen is illuminated by undispersed light and the total (reflected or transmitted plus fluoresced) radiant flux leaving the specimen is analysed wavelength by wavelength by the detector
Note 1 to entry: This entry was numbered 17-968 in CIE S 017:2011.