See Also: absorption lines(medicine)
absorption(dictionary)
Absorption(health)
absorption(encyclopedia)
absorption(dictionary)
Absorption(medicine)
Absorption spectrum(health)
absorption fever(medicine)
absorption collapse(medicine)
absorption chromatography(medicine)

lengthways (iou) and absorption lines (medicine)


lengthways (iou)



lengthways adverb. L16.
[from LENGTH + -WAYS.]
In the direction of or parallel to the length of something; along the length.

absorption lines (medicine)


absorption lines


The dark line's in the solar spectrum due to absorption by the solar and the earth's atmosphere; the phenomenon occurs because rays passing from an incandescent body through a colder medium are absorbed by elements in that medium.