But the effects of this popular stimulant encompass a broad spectrum, from the pleasant activation of morning coffee to the extreme agitation and anxiety of caffeine intoxication.
By its very nature as a coalition, encompassing a broad spectrum of political views, the new government is well placed to inaugurate a free-thinking national debate on an issue that has been constrained by policy blinkers.
While the word "bisexual" is, as John puts it, "a bit woolly", "queer" encompasses a broad spectrum of desires, and is inclusive of those people who might reject the gender binary, too.
The word Salafi encompasses a broad spectrum of Sunni fundamentalists whose common goal is resurrecting Islam as practiced by the Prophet Muhammad when he founded the faith in the seventh century.
Beckett, O'Neill and Shaw might seem oddities at a Shakespeare festival, but the Stratford repertory often encompasses a broad spectrum: Greek tragedy (a well-received "Trojan Women" this season), American musical comedy (an inventive "Cabaret," directed by Amanda Dehnert, and a sellout "Music Man," directed by Susan H. Schulman) and newly commissioned work too.
Reconstructive signal processing algorithms encompass a broad spectrum of computational methods.
The Texas team shone intense laser pulses encompassing a broad spectrum of light on samples of powdered chemical compounds.
The urban landscape encompasses a broad spectrum of variable environments ranging from remnant patches to highly modified streetscapes.
It encompasses a broad spectrum of conditions, from simple steatosis, through non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, to fibrosis and ultimately cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma.
Nanomedicine, the application of nanotechnology to medicine, encompasses a broad spectrum of fields including molecular detection, diagnostics, drug delivery, gene regulation and protein production.
