action spectrum

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   the efficiency with which electromagnetic radiation produces a photochemical reaction plotted as a function of the wavelength of the radiation

   Broaderspectrum

Questions about action spectrum

What does action spectrum mean?

action spectrum means "the efficiency with which electromagnetic radiation produces a photochemical reaction plotted as a function of the wavelength of the radiation".

Is action spectrum a common word?

action spectrum 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.