absorption edge

English

Pronunciation
  • (US) IPA(key): /æbˈsɔɹp.ʃn̩ ɜd͡ʒ/, /æbˈzɔɹp.ʃn̩ ɜd͡ʒ/, /əbˈzɔɹp.ʃn̩ ɜd͡ʒ/, /əbˈsɔɹp.ʃn̩ ɜd͡ʒ/

Noun

absorption edge (plural absorption edges)

  1. (physics) The boundary of a dark band in an x-ray spectrum.[1]

References
  1. Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN), page 6
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