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isomer shift comparison table

Subject	is a kind of	has definition
wavelength shift	radiation modification	The alteration in frequency of electromagnetic radiation
isomer shift	wavelength shift	Displacement of an absorption line due to the fact that the absorbing nuclei have a different s-electron density from that of the emitting nuclei.

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