DOPPLER BROADENING


Meaning of DOPPLER BROADENING in English

ˈdäplə(r)- noun

Usage: usually capitalized D

Etymology: after Christian J. Doppler died 1853 Austrian physicist

: a lack of sharpness in the spectrum lines of gases due to the Doppler effect of the random thermal motion of the molecules

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