| spectral line n. An isolated bright or dark line in a spectrum produced by emission or absorption of light of a single wavelength. |
spectral line (sp k tr l) An isolated bright or dark line in a spectrograph produced by emission or absorption of light of a single wavelength, generally corresponding to a specific shift in the energy of an electron moving from one orbital to another. |
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