Definition for Continuous spectra
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A continuous spectrum consisting of a band of coloured light is produced when a narrow beam of sunlight is allowed to pass through a prism. In a continuous spectrum, each colour merges into the next, so that it is difficult to say where one colour ends and the next colour begins. Each colour corresponds to radiation of different energy.