Spectral-line
noun, Optics.
1.
a line in a spectrum due to the absorption or emission of light at a discrete frequency.
spectral line
(spěk’trəl)
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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