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radiation modification comparison table

Subject	changes property	has definition
line broadening	spectral line width	Increase in the range of wavelengths in which some characteristic emission or absorption occurs.
radiation direction modification	direction
radiation intensity modification	intensity
wavelength shift	frequency (and wavelength)	The alteration in frequency of electromagnetic radiation

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