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absorption line

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absorption line [əb′sȯrp·shən ‚līn]
(spectroscopy)
A minute range of wavelength or frequency in the electromagnetic spectrum within which radiant energy is absorbed by the medium through which it is passing.


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So, if light from both images carried the same fingerprint -- the same absorption line -- this would indicate that the hydrogen cloud was wide enough for both beams to pass through it.
If you name a particular absorption line in an atom, I can devise a way to make that absorption line from reasonably to very transparent.
Atomic and molecular absorption lines are very stable under changing environmental conditions and are excellent references for this purpose.
 
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