spectrophotometer

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Etymology

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 *bʰeh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os

Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos

Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos)

Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs)

Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-)der.

English photo-

Proto-Indo-European *meh₁-

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Proto-Indo-European *-trom

Proto-Hellenic *-tron

Ancient Greek -τρον (-tron)

Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron)lbor.

French -mètrebor.

English -meter

English photometer

English spectrophotometer

From spectro- + photometer.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒmɪtə(ɹ)

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Noun

spectrophotometer (plural spectrophotometers)

1. (physics) An instrument used to measure the intensity of electromagnetic radiation at different wavelengths.

Derived terms

• biospectrophotometer
• fluorospectrophotometer
• microspectrophotometer
• nanospectrophotometer

Related terms

• spectrometer
• spectrophotometric
• spectrophotometry

Translations

instrument used to measure the intensity of electromagnetic radiation at different wavelengths

• Finnish: spektrofotometri
• French: spectrophotomètre (fr) m
• Georgian: სპექტროფოტომეტრი (sṗekṭropoṭomeṭri)
• Greek: φασματοφωτόμετρο (el) n (fasmatofotómetro)
• Irish: speictreafótaiméadar m
• Italian: spettrofotometro m
• Malay: spektrofotometer (ms)
• Portuguese: espectrofotômetro m
• Russian: спектрофотометр (ru) m (spektrofotometr)
• Tagalog: balngawsugasukat

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