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Definition: Absorption Band |
Absorption BandNoun1. A dark band in the spectrum of white light that has been transmitted through a substance that exhibits absorption at selective wavelengths. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Aerospace | A range of wavelengths (or frequencies) in the electromagnetic spectrum within which radiant energy is absorbed by a substance. See absorption spectrum. When the absorbing substance is a polyatomic gas, an absorption band actually is composed of a group of discrete absorption lines which appear to overlap. Each line is associated with a particular mode of vibration or rotation induced in a gas molecule by the incident radiation. The absorption bands of oxygen and ozone are often referred to in the literature of atmospheric physics. The important bands for oxygen are: (a) the Hopfield bands, very strong, between about 670 and 1000 angstroms in the ultraviolet; (b) a diffuse system between 1019 and 1300 angstroms; (c) the Schumann-Runge continuum, very strong, between 1350 and 1760 angstroms; (d) the Schumann-Runge bands between 1760 and 1926 angstroms; (e) the Herzberg bands between 2400 and 2600 angstroms; (f) the atmospheric bands between 5380 and 7710 angstroms in the visible spectrum; and (g) a system in the infrared at about 1 micron.The important bands for ozone are: (a) the Hartley bands between 2000 and 3000 angstroms in the ultraviolet, with a very intense maximum absorption at 2550 angstroms; (b) the Huggins bands, weak absorption between 3200 and 3600 angstroms; (c) the Chappius bands, a weak diffuse system between 4500 and 6500 angstroms in the visible spectrum; and (d) the infrared bands centered at 4.7, 9.6 and 14.1 microns, the latter being the most intense. (references) |
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Crosswords: Absorption Band |
| Specialty definitions using "absorption band": absorption line ♦ Chappius bands, cloud attenuation ♦ Dobson spectrophotometer ♦ equivalent width ♦ Hartley bands, Herzberg bands, Hopfield bands, Huggins bands ♦ radiation-induced generation ♦ Schumann-Runge bands, Schumann-Runge continuum ♦ water-vapor absorption. (references) |
| Language | Translations for "absorption band"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Greek | ταινία απορροφήσεωσ. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | absorptionay andbay.(various references) | |
Russian | полоса поглощения. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-b-b-d-i-n-n-o-o-p-r-s-t" | |
-4 letters: absorption, adorations, adsorption, probations, pronations, trainbands. | |
-5 letters: abortions, absorbant, adaptions, adnations, adoptions, adoration, bastinado, brainpans, donations, paranoids, parotoids, probation, pronation, rainbands, sopranino, tandooris, trainband, troponins. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 62 73 6F 72 70 74 69 6F 6E 42 61 6E 64 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01100010 01110011 01101111 01110010 01110000 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110 00100000 01000010 01100001 01101110 01100100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A b s o r p t i o n   B a n d |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0062 0073 006F 0072 0070 0074 0069 006F 006E 0042 0061 006E 0064 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)35688581848286758180236678070 |
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