absorption spectrum

Other forms: absorption spectra

Definitions of absorption spectrum
  1. noun
    the spectrum of electromagnetic radiation that has passed through a medium that absorbed radiation of certain wavelengths
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    spectrum
    an ordered array of the components of an emission or wave
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