ACTION SPECTRUM

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

The efficiency with which electromagnetic radiation produces a photochemical reaction plotted as a function of the wavelength of the radiation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

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

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

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