HYPERFINE STRUCTURE


Meaning of HYPERFINE STRUCTURE in English

/huy"peuhr fuyn", huy'-/ , Physics.

the splitting of the lines of an atomic spectrum, produced by the angular momentum of the nucleus of the atom. Cf. fine structure .

[ 1925-30; HYPER- + FINE 1 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .