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ABSORPTION SPECTRUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does absorption spectrum mean?
• ABSORPTION SPECTRUM (noun)
The noun ABSORPTION SPECTRUM has 1 sense:
1. the spectrum of electromagnetic radiation that has passed through a medium that absorbed radiation of certain wavelengths
Familiarity information: ABSORPTION SPECTRUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The spectrum of electromagnetic radiation that has passed through a medium that absorbed radiation of certain wavelengths
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("absorption spectrum" is a kind of...):
spectrum (an ordered array of the components of an emission or wave)
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