Meaning

1 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The measurement of the wavelength of electromagnetic radiation, especially any of several techniques used to analyze the structure of molecules; the measurement of spectra of things other than radiation, such as the masses of molecules and their breakdown products

More definitions
  • the use of spectroscopes to analyze spectra

Translations

4 languages

Origin

From spectro- + -metry.

From spectro- + -metry.

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Forms

plural: spectrometries
Singularspectrometry
Pluralspectrometries

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the use of spectroscopes to analyze spectra:spectroscopyspectroscopic analysisspectrum analysisspectrographic analysis

Word family

13 related words

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