spectrum of electromagnetic radiation

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• Emission (electromagnetic radiation) — In physics, emission is the process by which the energy of a photon is released by another entity, for example, by an atom whose electrons make a transition between two electronic energy levels. The emitted energy is in the form of a photon. The… …   Wikipedia