"spectral line" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: spectral lines [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} spectral line (plural spectral lines)
  1. (physics) a dark or bright line in an otherwise continuous spectrum caused by the absorption or emission of light, at a single wavelength, by the movement of electrons between energy levels of an atom or molecule Wikipedia link: spectral line Categories (topical): Physics Related terms: absorption line, emission line, linebroadening Translations (line on spectrogram): spektriviiva (Finnish), Spektrallinie [feminine] (German)
    Sense id: en-spectral_line-en-noun-DKA8yfAb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics

Inflected forms

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