absorption edge

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Definitions of absorption edge words

noun absorption edge a discontinuity in the graph of the absorption coefficient of a substance plotted against the wavelength of x-rays being absorbed, representing the minimum energy necessary to free electrons from particular shells of the atoms of the substance. 1
noun absorption edge (physics) The boundary of a dark band in an x-ray spectrum. 0

before 1925

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First recorded in 1925-29

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