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M-line
[ em-lahyn ]
noun
, Physics.
- 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.
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Origin of M-line1
First recorded in 1920–25
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