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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) fine structure
a group of lines that are observed in the spectra of certain elements, as hydrogen.

2. fine structure
the aggregate of components of the cytoskeleton.

Etymology: (1915–20)

Definition of 'fine structure'

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1. (noun) fine structure
the presence of groups of closely spaced spectrum lines observed in the atomic spectrum of certain elements
"the fine structure results from slightly different energy levels"

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