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LINE SPECTRUM
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I. (noun)
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)