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continuous spectrum
noun
, Physics.
- a spectrum apparently having all wavelengths over a comparatively wide range, usually characteristic of solids and other substances at high temperatures.
continuous spectrum
noun
- a spectrum that contains or appears to contain all wavelengths but not spectrum lines over a wide portion of its range. The emission spectrum of incandescent solids is continuous; bremsstrahlung spectra consisting of a large number of lines may appear continuous
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Word History and Origins
Origin of continuous spectrum1
First recorded in 1900–05
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Example Sentences
Also a certain kind of continuous spectrum, as well as reflected solar light showing Frauenhofer lines, have been seen.
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Besides the continuous spectrum with dark lines, the photograph showed also a spectrum of bright lines.
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The gaseous spectrum of comets is accompanied, in varying degrees, by a continuous spectrum.
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A faint continuous spectrum corresponded to this portion of its radiance; but gaseous emissions were also present.
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It is this which yields the continuous spectrum, free from dark lines.
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