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noun
The scientific study of spectra.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The use of spectrometers in chemical analysis.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Qualifier: analytical chemistry
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noun
the use of spectroscopes to analyze spectra
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: spectrometry, spectroscopic analysis, spectrum analysis, spectrographic analysis
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: chemical analysis, qualitative analysis
Narrower terms: mass spectroscopy, microwave spectroscopy
History
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 -scopy English spectroscopy From spectro- + -scopy.
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