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/faɪn strˈəktʃər/ Listen

Fine structure

noun

The presence of groups of closely spaced spectrum lines observed in the atomic spectrum of certain elements.

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"Fine structure" Quotes from Famous Books

... of Shah Pir is a fine structure of red sandstone, erected about A.D. 1620 by Nur Jahan, the wife of the Emperor Jahangir, in memory of a pious fakir named Shah Pir. An "urs", or religions assembly, is held here every year in the month of Ramazan. The "dargah" is supported from the proceeds of the ...

— Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official • William Sleeman

... covered stones, and the semi-aquatic plants. The latter adorned the pool below, in which golden-hued fishes moved lightly to and fro. The inspection of the angling pavilion at the extreme western side of the Fisheries Building completed our visit in this fine structure, whose exhibits demonstrated largely the fishery wealth of ...

— By Water to the Columbian Exposition • Johanna S. Wisthaler

... of the targets were skin fragments, spinning about an axis skewed with respect to the radar beam. These he rejected. Two more were structural spars. They couldn't conceal a warhead. He rejected them. After careful examination of the fine structure of the echo from the last object, he was able to classify it as a large irregular mass, probably a section of computer, waving some cables about. Its irregularity weighed against its containing the warhead. Even if it ...

— Pushbutton War • Joseph P. Martino