Spectroscopic Meaning

/spɛˈktrɑskəpiic/
C1

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adjOf or relating to spectroscopy or to a spectroscope.

The study provides new and deep spectroscopic evidence of the gas.
Spectroscopic methods are used to study the properties of matter.
The laboratory uses spectroscopic methods to identify chemical elements.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The chemist employed ____ analysis to get exact details about the compound's absorption bands.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
New ____ data has helped astronomers understand the temperature and density of the nebula.

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 *spéḱyeti Proto-Hellenic *sképťomai Ancient Greek σκέπτομαι (sképtomai) Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Hellenic *-ós ▲ Ancient Greek -ος (-os)influ. Ancient Greek -ός (-ós) Ancient Greek σκοπός (skopós) Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Ancient Greek -έω (-éō) Ancient Greek σκοπέω (skopéō)der. English -scope Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English -scopic ▲ Latin spectrumder. French spectro- ▲ Ancient Greek σκοπέω (skopéō)der. French -scopie French spectroscopie ▲ Old French -ique Middle French -ique French -ique French spectroscopiquebor. English spectroscopic From spectro- + -scopic, or borrowed from French spectroscopique.

"The station, with its vast array of telescopes and some of the most sensitive spectroscopic equipment ever made has detected more planets orbiting nearby stars." — 1993, Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Sower, HEADLINE PUBLISHING GROUP (2019), page 78:

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CEFR Practice Quiz
The chemist employed ____ analysis to get exact details about the compound's absorption bands.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
New ____ data has helped astronomers understand the temperature and density of the nebula.

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