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Encyclopediaspectrumspectrum, arrangement or display of light or other form of radiation separated according to wavelength, frequency, energy, or some other property. Beams of charged particles can be separated into a spectrum according to mass in a mass spectrometer (see mass spectrograph). Physicists often find it useful to separate a beam of particles into a spectrum according to their energy. Sections in this article: The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2007, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved. More on spectrum from Infoplease:
- Rydberg constant - Rydberg constant Rydberg constant , physical constant used in studies of the spectrum of a ...
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- X ray - X ray X ray, invisible, highly penetrating electromagnetic radiation of much shorter wavelength ...
- radiation - radiation radiation , term applied to the emission and transmission of energy through space or ...
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