ABSORPTION BAND

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 I. (noun) 

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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)

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