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forbidden line

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forbidden line [fər¦bid·ən ′līn]
(atomic physics)
A spectral line associated with a transition forbidden by selection rules; optically this might be a magnetic dipole or electric quadrupole transition.


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Religious leaders cross a forbidden line when they use church resources to intervene in a partisan election or distribute a candidate's campaign literature.
The tables are arranged in order of decreasing wavelengths, and they include so-called forbidden lines, which are very important for plasma diagnostic applications.
 
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