continuous spectrum

continuous spectrum

noun Physics.
a spectrum apparently having all wavelengths over a comparatively wide range, usually characteristic of solids and other substances at high temperatures.


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1900–05
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Continuous spectrum is always a great word to know.
So is laser. Does it mean:
a longitudinal wave in an elastic medium, especially a wave producing an audible sensation
a device that produces a nearly parallel, monochromatic, coherent beam of light by exciting atoms to a higher energy level and causing them to radiate
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continuous spectrum
 
n
a spectrum that contains or appears to contain all wavelengths but not spectrum lines over a wide portion of its range. The emission spectrum of incandescent solids is continuous; bremsstrahlung spectra consisting of a large number of lines may appear continuous

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