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Definition of Line spectrum
1. Noun. A spectrum in which energy is concentrated at particular wavelengths; produced by excited atoms and ions as they fall back to a lower energy level.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Line Spectrum
Literary usage of Line spectrum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"At the instant that the sun's disc is entirely covered by the moon, there flashes
out the bright line spectrum of the reversing layer. ..."
2. An Introduction to Natural Philosophy: Designed as a Textbook in Physics for by Denison Olmsted, Ebenezer Strong Snell, Rodney Glentwork Kimball, Samuel Sheldon (1891)
"The line spectrum.—If the light, emitted by the incandescent vapor of a chemical
element, be passed through a narrow aperture and a prism, it will give a ..."
3. Astronomy by Simon Newcomb, Edward Singleton Holden (1883)
"... by using only one prism, the solar spectrum is short and brilliant, and every
part of it may be more brilliant than the line spectrum of ..."
4. Report of the Annual Meeting (1880)
"The Elementary Line-spectrum of Oxygen.— This is the spectrum which ... It has
been called elementary line- spectrum to distinguish it from the other ..."
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