HyperDic: atomic_spectrum

English > 1 sense of the expression atomic spectrum:
NOUNphenomenonatomic spectrum(physics) a spectrum of radiation caused by electron transitions within an atom
English > atomic spectrum: 1 sense > noun 1, phenomenon
Meaning(physics) a spectrum of radiation caused by electron transitions within an atom; the series of spectrum lines is characteristic of the element.
Categoryphysics, natural philosophyThe science of matter and energy and their interactions
Partsfine structureThe presence of groups of closely spaced spectrum lines observed in the atomic spectrum of certain elements
BroaderspectrumAn ordered array of the components of an emission or wave

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