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ACTION SPECTRUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does action spectrum mean? 

ACTION SPECTRUM (noun)
  The noun ACTION SPECTRUM has 1 sense:

1. the efficiency with which electromagnetic radiation produces a photochemical reaction plotted as a function of the wavelength of the radiation

  Familiarity information: ACTION SPECTRUM used as a noun is very rare.


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ACTION SPECTRUM (noun)


Sense 1action spectrum [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

The efficiency with which electromagnetic radiation produces a photochemical reaction plotted as a function of the wavelength of the radiation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Hypernyms ("action spectrum" is a kind of...):

spectrum (an ordered array of the components of an emission or wave)


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