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col·lab·o·ra·tive
–adjective
characterised or accomplished by collaboration: collaborative methods; a collaborative report.

collaborate (kəˈlæbəˌreɪt)

— vb (often foll by on, with, etc )
1. to work with another or others on a joint project
2. to cooperate as a traitor, esp with an enemy occupying one's own country

Main Entry: collaborative
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: cooperative
Synonyms: collective, combining, joint, shared, synergetic /ˌsɪnərˈdʒɛtɪk/, synergic, synergistic


pen·e·tra·tion
   /ˌpɛnɪˈtreɪʃən/
–noun
1.the act or power of penetrating.
2.mental acuteness, discernment, or insight: a scholar of rare penetration.
3.the obtaining of a share of a market for some commodity or service.
4.the extension, usually peaceful, of the influence of one nation or culture into the affairs of another.
5.a military attack that penetrates into enemy territory.
6.Gunnery . the depth to which a projectile goes into the target.
7.the measure of relative depth of field of a telescope or microscope, esp. a binocular microscope.

—Synonyms
2. understanding, perception, discrimination, depth, profundity.

spec·trum

–noun, plural -tra  /-trə/ Show Spelled[-truh] Show IPA, -trums.
1.Physics .
a.an array of entities, as light waves or particles, ordered in accordance with the magnitudes of a common physical property, as wavelength or mass: often the band of colors produced when sunlight is passed through a prism, comprising red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet.
b.this band or series of colors together with extensions at the ends that are not visible to the eye, but that can be studied by means of photography, heat effects, etc., and that are produced by the dispersion of radiant energy other than ordinary light rays. Compare band spectrum, electromagnetic spectrum, mass spectrum.

2.a broad range of varied but related ideas or objects, the individual features of which tend to overlap so as to form a continuous series or sequence: the spectrum of political beliefs.