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LINE SPECTRUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does line spectrum mean?
• LINE SPECTRUM (noun)
The noun LINE SPECTRUM has 1 sense:
1. a spectrum in which energy is concentrated at particular wavelengths; produced by excited atoms and ions as they fall back to a lower energy level
Familiarity information: LINE SPECTRUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A spectrum in which energy is concentrated at particular wavelengths; produced by excited atoms and ions as they fall back to a lower energy level
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("line spectrum" is a kind of...):
spectrum (an ordered array of the components of an emission or wave)
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