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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   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 countable, uncountable
2. 2
   the use of spectroscopes to analyze spectra wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

chromaticschromatographychromatologychromatoscopycolorimetryelectron optics

Etymology

From spectro- + -metry.