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spectral line

spectral line noun: a dark or bright line in an otherwise continuous spectrum caused by the absorption or emission of light, at a single wavelength, by the movement of electrons between energy levels of an atom or molecule.

Noun

spectral line (plural spectral lines)

  1. a dark or bright line in an otherwise continuous spectrum caused by the absorption or emission of light, at a single wavelength, by the movement of electrons between energy levels of an atom or molecule

spectral line meaning in Tamil

spectral line in Tamil

நிறமாலை வரி, நிறமாலைக்கோடு

Forms of spectral line

pluralspectral lines

Questions about spectral line

What does spectral line mean?
Spectral line means a dark or bright line in an otherwise continuous spectrum caused by the absorption or emission of light, at a single wavelength, by the movement of electrons between energy levels of an atom or molecule.
What is spectral line in Tamil?
Spectral line in Tamil is நிறமாலை வரி, நிறமாலைக்கோடு. See Spectral line meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is spectral line?
Spectral line is a noun.
What is the plural of spectral line?
The plural of spectral line is spectral lines.

Words near spectral line in the dictionary

  1. spectral bat
  2. spectral bats
  3. spectral class
  4. spectral classes
  5. spectral gating
  6. spectral line
  7. spectral lines
  8. spectral owl
  9. spectral owls
  10. spectral set
  11. spectral sets

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Adapted from Wiktionary: spectral line (page history and authors); spectral line (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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