swan spectrum

swan spectrum
\\-nz|p-, -n|sp-\ noun
Usage: usually capitalized 1st S
Etymology: after William Swan died 1894 English physicist
: the spectrum of the blue cone in a Bunsen burner when operating strongly caused by the excitation of carbon compounds; also : a similar spectrum observed in some vacuum-tube discharges

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