absorption band

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   a dark band in the spectrum of white light that has been transmitted through a substance that exhibits absorption at selective wavelengths

   Broaderoptical phenomenon

Questions about absorption band

What does absorption band mean?

absorption band means "a dark band in the spectrum of white light that has been transmitted through a substance that exhibits absorption at selective wavelengths".

Is absorption band a common word?

absorption band is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.