spectral line

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An especially dark or bright line present in an electromagnetic spectrum that represents the absorption or emission of energy at a particular wavelength. Dark lines are called absorption lines because they represent the absorption of energy, and bright lines are called emission lines because they represent the emission of energy. The study of spectral lines is called spectroscopy.