Angstrom law

Ǻng·ström law

(ang'strŏm),

a substance absorbs light of the same wavelength as it emits when luminous.

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Ång·ström law

(eng'strŏm law)

A substance absorbs light of the same wavelength as it emits when luminous.

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Ångström,

Anders J., Swedish physicist, 1814-1874.

ångström - a unit of wavelength, 10^-10 m, roughly the diameter of an atom; equivalent to 0.1 nm. Synonym(s): Ångström unit

Ångström law - a substance absorbs light of the same wavelength as it emits when luminous.

Ångström scale - a table of wavelengths of a large number of light rays corresponding to as many Fraunhofer lines in the spectrum.

Ångström unit - Synonym(s): ångström

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