emission spectrum

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   spectrum of electromagnetic radiation emitted by a self-luminous source

   Broaderspectrum

Questions about emission spectrum

What does emission spectrum mean?

emission spectrum means "spectrum of electromagnetic radiation emitted by a self-luminous source".

Is emission spectrum a common word?

emission 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.