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What do you understand by the term spectrum?

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What do you understand by the term spectrum?
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The colour band obtained on a screen when white light passes through a prism is called the spectrum.
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Chapter 2: Light - Exercise 2.3 i [Page 109]

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Frank Physics Part 2 [English] Class 10 ICSE
Chapter 2 Light
Exercise 2.3 i | Q 5 | Page 109
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Chapter 6 Spectrum
EXERCISE - 6 (A) | Q 16. | Page 138

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