'Fraunhofer lines' definitions:

Definition of 'Fraunhofer lines'

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  • Fraunhofer lines \Fraun"ho*fer lines`\prop. n. pl.. (Physics.) The lines of the spectrum; especially and properly, the dark lines of the solar spectrum, so called because first accurately observed and interpreted by Fraunhofer, a German physicist. [1913 Webster]