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lineshape

noun

Etymology

From line + shape.

  1. inherited from *skapjaną✻
  2. inherited from *skappjan✻
  3. inherited from scieppan
  4. inherited from shapen
  5. derived from *(s)kep-✻
  6. inherited from *ga-✻
  7. inherited from *ga-✻
  8. inherited from ġesceap
  9. inherited from shap
  10. compounded as lineshape — “line + shape”

Definitions

  1. The cross-section of the intensity of a spectral line.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for lineshape. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA