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bathochromic shift (effect) definition

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Shift of a spectral band to lower frequencies (longer wavelengths) owing to the influence of substitution or a change in environment. It is informally referred to as a red shift and is opposite to hypsochromic shift (blue shift). IUPAC PHOTOCHEMICAL GLOSSARY (1992).


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