ABSORPTION BAND

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does absorption band mean? 

• ABSORPTION BAND (noun)
  The noun ABSORPTION BAND has 1 sense:

1. a dark band in the spectrum of white light that has been transmitted through a substance that exhibits absorption at selective wavelengths

  Familiarity information: ABSORPTION BAND used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ABSORPTION BAND (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A dark band in the spectrum of white light that has been transmitted through a substance that exhibits absorption at selective wavelengths

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Hypernyms ("absorption band" is a kind of...):

optical phenomenon (a physical phenomenon related to or involving light)