atomic spectral line

C35818
concept

An atomic spectral line is a discrete wavelength of light emitted or absorbed by an atom when its electrons transition between quantized energy levels.

All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
absorption lines 1
atomic spectral line canonical 1
emission line 1

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: atomic spectral line
Generated description
An atomic spectral line is a discrete wavelength of light emitted or absorbed by an atom when its electrons transition between quantized energy levels.

Instances (3)

Instance Via concept surface
Lyman series in hydrogen spectrum
SII
surface form: S II
spectral line
Fraunhofer lines spectral lines