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noun
The application of spectroscopy to the analysis of chemical compounds.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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History
Etymology tree Latin speciō Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Italic *-trom Latin -trum Latin spectrumbor. English spectrum English spectro- English chemistry English spectrochemistry From spectro- + chemistry.
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