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(Encyclopedia)CE5 Dispersion of white light by a triangular prism spectrum, arrangement or display of light or other form of radiation separated according to wavelength, frequency, energy, or some other propert...emission spectrum
(Encyclopedia)emission spectrum: see spectrum. ...flash spectrum
(Encyclopedia)flash spectrum: see chromosphere. ...absorption spectrum
(Encyclopedia)absorption spectrum: see spectrum. ...line spectrum
(Encyclopedia)line spectrum: see spectrum.dark-line spectrum
(Encyclopedia)dark-line spectrum: see spectrum. ...bright-line spectrum
(Encyclopedia)bright-line spectrum: see spectrum. ...spectroscope
(Encyclopedia)spectroscope, optical instrument for producing spectral lines and measuring their wavelengths and intensities, used in spectral analysis (see spectrum). When a material is heated to incandescence it e...Lyman series
(Encyclopedia)Lyman series: see spectrum.Balmer series
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