spectroscopyn.
/spɛkˈtrɒskəpi/, /ˈspɛktrəskəʊpi/, U.S. /spɛkˈtrɑskəpi/ The art of using the spectroscope; that branch of science which involves the use of the spectroscope. In modern use, the investigation of spectra by any of various instruments.
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the world > matter > colour > science of colour > [noun] > spectrology or spectroscopy
spectrology1862
spectrum analysis1866
spectroscopy1870
the world > matter > physics > atomic physics > decomposition of light, spectrum > study of spectra > [noun]
spectrology1862
spectroscopy1870
spectrophotometry1899
spectrometry1902
the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > light > chromatism > [noun] > spectrum > analysis of
spectrology1862
spectroscopy1870
1870 W. Huggins Manchester Lect. 36 This was the state of this newly-born science of Spectroscopy when in 1861 [etc.].
1881 M. L. Knapp Coming Disasters 17 The progress made within the last few years in spectroscopy.
1955 Sci. Amer. Sept. 144/2 The faintness of the aurora and the rapidity with which it changes make spectroscopy difficult, but development of the technique..has produced beautiful spectrograms of auroras extending..into the near ultraviolet and the near infrared.
1966 McGraw-Hill Encycl. Sci. & Technol. (rev. ed.) XII. 589/1 The important instruments that are used in spectroscopy include spectroscopes, spectrometers, spectrographs, interferometers, and spectrophotometers.
1978 Nature 21 Sept. 199/2 We intend carrying out further spectroscopy on the object, providing that it does not fade too quickly, to monitor spectral variations.
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