Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A spectrum consisting of bright lines, as distinguished from a band-spectrum or continuous spectrum.
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In fact, ring-nebulæ -- of which only seven have been detected -- seem to belong to the same class as the planetary nebulæ, all of which exhibit the line-spectrum indicative of gaseity.
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