ATOMIC SPECTRUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does atomic spectrum mean? 

• ATOMIC SPECTRUM (noun)
  The noun ATOMIC SPECTRUM has 1 sense:

1. (physics) a spectrum of radiation caused by electron transitions within an atom; the series of spectrum lines is characteristic of the element

  Familiarity information: ATOMIC SPECTRUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ATOMIC SPECTRUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(physics) a spectrum of radiation caused by electron transitions within an atom; the series of spectrum lines is characteristic of the element

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Hypernyms ("atomic spectrum" is a kind of...):

spectrum (an ordered array of the components of an emission or wave)

Meronyms (parts of "atomic spectrum"):

fine structure (the presence of groups of closely spaced spectrum lines observed in the atomic spectrum of certain elements)

Domain category:

natural philosophy; physics (the science of matter and energy and their interactions)