Compare with line spectrum and band spectrum. A plot of the relative absorbance or intensity of emitted light vs. wavelength or frequency that shows a smooth variation, rather than a series of sharp peaks or bands.
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In physics, a continuous spectrum usually means a set of values for some physical quantity (such as energy or wavelength) that is best described as an interval of real numbers. It is opposed to discrete spectrum, a set of values that is discrete in the mathematical sense, where there is a positive gap between each value and the next one. The class...
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(from the article `electromagnetic radiation`) Such spectra are emitted by any warm substance. Heat is the irregular motion of electrons, atoms, and molecules; the higher the temperature, the more ... The spectrum of incandescent solids is said to be continuous because all wavelengths are present. The spectrum of incandescent gases, on ...
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Spectrum that contains all wave-lengths in a specified region of the electromagnetic spectrum.
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A spectrum in which all wavelengths are present between certain limits; it is produced by electrons undergoing free-bound transitions in a hot gas. White light for example can be dispersed by a prism to give a continuus spectrum in the optical region of the spectrum from red to violet. Dark absorpti...
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a spectrum having non-zero values which occupy one or more continuous frequency intervals Example of continuous spectrum: the continuous set of values of the Fourier transform representing a non-periodic signal.
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sound spectrum whose components are continuously distributed over a given frequency range
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Spectrum that contains all wave-lengths in a specified region of the electromagnetic spectrum.
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A spectrum in which there are no absorption bands or lines. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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Type: Term Definitions: 1. a spectrum in which there are no absorption bands or lines.
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The light from a tungsten filament lamp has a range of colours present within it. Each colour corresponds to a wavelength of visible (EM) radiation. In a continuous spectrum like this, there are no missing wavelengths. However, the light from the Sun (or from any star) has certain wavelengths missing. The missing wavelengths can be used to identify...
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A plot of the relative absorbance or intensity of emitted light vs. wavelength or frequency that shows a smooth variation, rather than a series of sharp peaks or bands. See also: Line Spectra.
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a spectrum apparently having all wavelengths over a comparatively wide range, usually characteristic of solids and other substances at high temperatures. Cf. band spectrum, line spectrum, spectral line.
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