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resonance radiation

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noun

Physics.

  1. radiation emitted by an atom or molecule, having the same frequency as that of an incident particle, as a photon, and usually involving a transition to the lowest energy level of the atom or molecule.

Etymology

Origin of resonance radiation

First recorded in 1900–05

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