SPECTRUM LINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does spectrum line mean? 

• SPECTRUM LINE (noun)
  The noun SPECTRUM LINE has 1 sense:

1. an isolated component of a spectrum formed by radiation at a uniform frequency

  Familiarity information: SPECTRUM LINE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPECTRUM LINE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An isolated component of a spectrum formed by radiation at a uniform frequency

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("spectrum line" is a kind of...):

line (a mark that is long relative to its width)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "spectrum line"):

fine structure (the presence of groups of closely spaced spectrum lines observed in the atomic spectrum of certain elements)

Holonyms ("spectrum line" is a part of...):

spectrum (an ordered array of the components of an emission or wave)