spectral line

English

Noun

spectral line (plural spectral lines)

1. (physics) a dark or bright line in an otherwise continuous spectrum caused by the absorption or emission of light, at a single wavelength, by the movement of electrons between energy levels of an atom or molecule

Translations

line on spectrogram

• Finnish: spektriviiva
• German: Spektrallinie (de) f

See also

• absorption line
• emission line
• linebroadening