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hyperfine structure
The splitting of spectral lines into two or more very closely spaced components caused by interaction between the intrinsic spin of electrons and the intrinsic spin of the atomic nuclei they orbit. The splitting is much closer than in fine structure and only visible at the highest spectral resolutions.
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