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CHANNELED SPECTRUM [1 record]

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Record 1 2016-03-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radio Waves
  • Optics
CONT

Band spectra are characteristic of molecular gases or chemical compounds. (McGraw-Hill Concise Enc. of Science and Technol, 1984, p. 1633).

OBS

Contrast with line spectrum.

Key term(s)
  • channelled spectrum

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ondes radioélectriques
  • Optique
DEF

spectre de blanc d'ordre supérieur, comportant des bandes brillantes séparées par des bandes obscures (cannelures), certaines radiations manquant par suite d'interférences destructives.

Spanish

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