absorption line
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[edit]absorption line (plural absorption lines)
- (physics, astronomy) A spectral line that corresponds to the absorption of electromagnetic radiation at a specific wavelength; the pattern of such lines is characteristic of specific atoms or molecules in the path of the radiation.
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[edit]a spectral line that corresponds to the absorption of electromagnetic radiation at a specific wavelength
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