Definition of Fine structure

1. Noun. The presence of groups of closely spaced spectrum lines observed in the atomic spectrum of certain elements. "The fine structure results from slightly different energy levels"

Generic synonyms: Spectrum Line
Group relationships: Atomic Spectrum

Medical Definition of Fine structure

1. General term to describe the level of organisation that is below the level of resolution of the light microscope. In practice, a shorthand term for structure observed using the electron microscope, although other techniques could give information about structure in the sub micrometre range. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

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Literary usage of Fine structure

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1894)
"La fine Structure des Centres Nerveux." By SANTIAGO RAMON Y CA.TAL, Professor ot Histology, University of Madrid. Received March 1,— Read March 8, ..."

2. The Origin of Spectra by Paul Darwin Foote, Fred Loomis Mohler (1922)
"fine structure, DOUBLETS AND TRIPLETS It must be emphasized that the fine structure of hydrogen and of ionized helium has nothing in common with the fine ..."

3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"The fine structure of the Nervous System. The Cells and Their Processes. ... Yet when the details of fine structure become important to a particular ..."

4. Proceedings of the Workshop on Long-lived Radionuclide Chemistry in Nuclear by NEA Nuclear Science Committee (1998)
"X-ray absorption near edge structure (XANES) spectroscopy has been used to quantify the reduction of TcO~ and extended x-ray absorption fine structure ..."

5. The Command of Light: Rowland's School of Physics and the Spectrum by George Kean Sweetnam (2000)
"39 Beyond fine structure, hyperfine structure challenged theorists to extend their models ... When Paschen was pursuing fine- structure studies in Germany, ..."

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