Complete Definition of "absorption line"

English
Noun
en-noun|sg=absorption line
#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

Translations

Finnish: absorptioviiva
German: Absorptionslinie f
mid

See also
emission line

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