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spectrometry

  • noun

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

Synonyms

  • spectroscopy
  • spectrum analysis

Related words

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

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This definition is adapted from “spectrometry” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.