English Explanatory Dictionary

spectrometry

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  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

Word forms

spectrometry spectrometries

Etymology

From spectro- + -metry.

Related words

spectrometer spectrology spectroscopy

Derived words

biospectrometry fluorospectrometry mass spectrometry microspectrometry neutron spectrometry photospectrometry radiospectrometry spectrometrist time-delay spectrometry X-ray spectrometry
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