M-line

[ em-lahyn ]

nounPhysics.
  1. one of a series of lines (M-series ) in the x-ray spectrum of an atom corresponding to radiation (M-radiation ) caused by the transition of an electron to the M-shell.

Origin of M-line

1
First recorded in 1920–25

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