English Explanatory Dictionary

spectral line

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. a dark or bright line in an otherwise continuous spectrum caused by the absorption or emission of light, at a single wavelength, by the movement of electrons between energy levels of an atom or molecule

Word forms

spectral line spectral lines

Related words

absorption line emission line linebroadening
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