absorption spectrum meaning
Noun: absorption spectrum ub'sorpshun 'spektrum
- The spectrum of electromagnetic radiation that has passed through a medium that absorbed radiation of certain wavelengths
Derived forms: absorption spectra
Type of: spectrum
Encyclopedia: Absorption spectrum
[Medicine]
n : an electromagnetic spectrum in which a decrease in intensity of radiation at specific wavelengths or ranges of wavelengths characteristic of an absorbing substance (as chlorophyll) is manifested esp. as a pattern of dark lines or bands —compare EMISSION SPECTRUM
Examples
More: Next- uses of atomic absorption spectrum instrument
- a set for producing absorption spectrum of sodium
- mid-infrared absorption spectrum, mid-ir
- difference absorption spectrum
- resonance absorption spectrum
