LINE SPECTRUM

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 I. (noun) 

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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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