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absorption spectrum

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absorption spectrum
n.
The electromagnetic spectrum, broken by a specific pattern of dark lines or bands, observed when radiation traverses a particular absorbing medium. The absorption pattern is unique and can be used to identify the material.
absorption spectrum
The range of frequencies of electromagnetic radiation readily absorbed by a substance by virtue of its chemical composition. See more at atomic spectrum.
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Noun1.absorption spectrum - the spectrum of electromagnetic radiation that has passed through a medium that absorbed radiation of certain wavelengths
spectrum - an ordered array of the components of an emission or wave


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Key words: absorption spectrum of noble gases; Fano resonance.
On the absorption spectrum of noble gases at the arc spectrum limit by Clark, Charles W. / Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology
This error was from drift caused by the arsenomolybdate absorption spectrum changing with time.
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An absorption spectrum of the dark blue aquamarine shows that the greatest absorption is when the electric vector (E) is parallel to the c axis.
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