line spectrum

line spectrum

noun Physics.
an electromagnetic spectrum consisting of discrete lines, usually characteristic of excited atoms or molecules.


Origin:
1870–75
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Line spectrum is always a great word to know.
So is repulsion. Does it mean:
a wave produced by the acceleration of an electric charge and propagated by the periodic variation of intensities
the force that acts between bodies of like electric charge or magnetic polarity, tending to separate them
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line spectrum  
An image of colored lines or bands of light formed in optical spectroscopy, each line representing one of the frequencies in the spectrum of a light source. The light source is usually broken into individual bands by a prism or a diffraction grating.
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