Meaning Of The Word Absorption spectrum

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Absorption spectrum Definition
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What's The Definition Of Absorption spectrum?

absorption spectrum in American English
a spectrum with a pattern of dark bands or lines created when light passes through a gas or liquid into a spectroscope: the chemical elements of the gas or liquid absorb specific wavelengths of light creating a unique pattern which can be used to analyze
noun: the spectrum formed by electromagnetic radiation that has passed through a medium in which radiation of certain frequencies is absorbed

absorption spectrum in British English
noun: the characteristic pattern of dark lines or bands that occurs when electromagnetic radiation is passed through an absorbing medium into a spectroscope. An equivalent pattern occurs as coloured lines or bands in the emission spectrum of that medium

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