English Explanatory Dictionary

emission line

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A spectral line resulting from the emission of electromagnetic radiation from an atom or other species as it decays from an excited state to one of lower energy.

Word forms

emission line emission lines

Related words

absorption line
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