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the practice of separating a signal by frequency (or sometimes energy or momentum) and analyzing the resulting spectrum.

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Why does the tungsten filament in a lightbulb produce a full(ish) spectrum instead of tungst...

I only roughly understand how a spectroscope works, so that may be part of the problem. I don't understand what is different about what causes the materials to emit light.