absorption band

Other forms: absorption bands

Definitions of absorption band
  1. noun
    a dark band in the spectrum of white light that has been transmitted through a substance that exhibits absorption at selective wavelengths
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    type of:
    optical phenomenon
    a physical phenomenon related to or involving light
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