flash spectrum
noun Astronomy.
the emission spectrum of the chromosphere of the sun, which dominates the solar spectrum in the seconds just before and after a total solar eclipse.
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Origin of flash spectrum
First recorded in 1895–1900
Words nearby flash spectrum
flash photolysis, flash picture, flash point, flash set, flash smelting, flash spectrum, flash unit, flash welding, flash-forward, flash-freeze, flash-lock
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Near the central line it is little more than a flash, thus giving rise to the term “flash-spectrum.”