spectroscopy

English

Etymology

From spectro- +‎ -scopy.

Noun

spectroscopy (countable and uncountable, plural spectroscopies)

1. (uncountable) The scientific study of spectra.
2. (analytical chemistry, countable) The use of spectrometers in chemical analysis.

Derived terms

• absorption spectroscopy
• amplitude spectroscopy
• atomic absorption spectroscopy
• atomic emission spectroscopy
• Auger electron spectroscopy
• fluorescence spectroscopy
• infrared spectroscopy
• microwave spectroscopy
• Mössbauer spectroscopy
• NMR spectroscopy
• Raman spectroscopy
• spectroscopic
• spectroscopist
• X-ray spectroscopy

Related terms

• spectrometry
• spectroscope

Translations

scientific study of spectra

• Armenian: սպեկտրադիտում (spektraditum), սպեկտրոսկոպիա (hy) (spektroskopia)
• Catalan: espectroscòpia f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 光譜學 / 光谱学 (gwong¹ pou² hok⁶)

  Mandarin: 光譜學 / 光谱学 (zh) (guāngpǔxué)

• Czech: spektroskopie f
• Dutch: spectroscopie (nl) f
• Finnish: spektroskopia (fi)
• French: spectroscopie (fr) f
• German: Spektroskopie f
• Italian: spettroscopia (it) f
• Japanese: 分光法 (ぶんこうほう, bunkōhō), 分光学 (ぶんこうがく, bunkōgaku)
• Korean: 분광학(分光學) (ko) (bun'gwanghak)
• Malay: spektroskopi (ms)
• Persian: طیف‌بینی (teyf-bini)
• Polish: spektroskopia f
• Romanian: spectroscopie (ro) f
• Russian: спектроско́пия (ru) (spektroskópija)
• Swedish: spektroskopi c
• Tagalog: balngawsipatan
• Tamil: நிறமாலையியல் (ta) (niṟamālaiyiyal)
• Ukrainian: спектроскопі́я f (spektroskopíja)
• Vietnamese: quang phổ học (光譜學), phân quang học

See also

• spectrology

Anagrams

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