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Of or relating to spectroscopy or to a spectroscope.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Qualifier: analytical chemistry
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
of or relating to or involving spectroscopy
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: spectroscopical
Antonyms: none provided
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti Proto-Italic *spekjō Latin speciō Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Italic *-trom Latin -trum Latin spectrumbor. English spectrum English spectro- ▲ Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti Proto-Hellenic *sképťomai Ancient Greek σκέπτομαι (sképtomai) Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Hellenic *-ós ▲ Ancient Greek -ος (-os)influ. Ancient Greek -ός (-ós) Ancient Greek σκοπός (skopós) Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh1ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh1yeti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Ancient Greek -έω (-éō) Ancient Greek σκοπέω (skopéō)der. English -scope Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English -scopic ▲ Latin spectrumder. French spectro- ▲ Ancient Greek σκοπέω (skopéō)der. French -scopie French spectroscopie ▲ Old French -ique Middle French -ique French -ique French spectroscopiquebor. English spectroscopic From spectro- + -scopic, or borrowed from French spectroscopique.
Across languages
Translations
6 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Catalan:
espectroscòpic
— of or relating to spectroscopy or to a spectroscope
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French:
spectroscopique
— of or relating to spectroscopy or to a spectroscope
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Irish:
speictreascópach
— of or relating to spectroscopy or to a spectroscope
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Italian:
spettroscopico
— of or relating to spectroscopy or to a spectroscope
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Polish:
spektroskopowy
— of or relating to spectroscopy or to a spectroscope
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Spanish:
espectroscópico
— of or relating to spectroscopy or to a spectroscope