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radiative recombination comparison table

Subject	changes property	has definition	has domain	has inverse process	has synonym	is a kind of	has antonym
emission	intensity	The process of transition of an electron from an outer orbit to an inner orbit around the nucleus results in a characteristic amount of energy being radiated (as line emission) that corresponds to the lost energy of the electron.	optics	absorption		radiation intensity modification
recombination		The capture of an electron by a positive ion.	atomic physics		world point	atomic process	ionization
radiative recombination	intensity	See radiative capture.	atomic physics	absorption	world point	emission	ionization

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