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Definition of Spectroscopy

1. Noun. The use of spectroscopes to analyze spectra.

Definition of Spectroscopy

1. n. The use of the spectroscope; investigations made with the spectroscope.

2. n. The production and investigation of spectra; the use of the spectroscope; also, the science of spectroscopic phenomena.

Definition of Spectroscopy

1. Noun. The scientific study of spectra. ¹

2. Noun. (analytical chemistry countable) The use of spectrometers in chemical analysis. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Spectroscopy

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Medical Definition of Spectroscopy

1. Spectroscopy is the science of measuring the emission and absorption of different wavelengths (spectra) of visible and non-visible light, this can be done via a spectroscope, which consists of a slit, prism, collimator lens, object lens, and a grating. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Spectroscopy

Literary usage of Spectroscopy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Sensor Systems for Biological Agent Attacks: Protecting Buildings And by Bmed, National Research Council (U.S.), ebrary, Inc (2005)
"Ultraviolet Resonance Raman spectroscopy In this technique, ultraviolet light is used to enhance Raman spectral lines at wavelengths corresponding to ..."

2. Report of the Annual Meeting (1901)
"Bibliography of spectroscopy.—Report of the Committee, consisting of Professor H. McLEOD (Chairman), Sir WC ROBERTS-AUSTEN (Secretary), Mr. HG MADAN, ..."

3. The Popular Science MonthlyScience (1893)
"spectroscopy. American astronomical achievement (3 p.). ... Real discoverer of spectrum analysis spectroscopy. Spectra of the metals (Misc.), 88 : 717. ..."

4. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific by Astronomical Society of the Pacific (1895)
"BIBLIOGRAPHY OF spectroscopy. The Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science for 1894 (page 163) contains a summary of the literature ..."

5. A History of Astronomy by Walter William Bryant (1907)
"CHAPTER XXXII STELLAR spectroscopy A FULL account of the growth of stellar spectroscopy would take us too far from the purpose of this little book, ..."

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