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line spectrum
A pattern of lines, each corresponding to an image of the entrance slit of the spectrometer, seen when light is either emitted by or interrupted by a hot rarefied gas. The pattern is characteristic of the gas, and the wavelength at which the features are seen to occur is indicative of the velocity of the object. Compare with continuous spectrum and band spectrum.
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