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spectral lines

spectral lines is the plural of spectral line.

Meaning of spectral line

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

Questions about spectral lines

What is spectral lines the plural of?
Spectral lines is the plural of spectral line.

Words near spectral lines in the dictionary

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

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