| 单词 | spectrology |
| 释义 | spectrology in British English (spɛkˈtrɒlədʒɪ) noun the study of spectres or spectra spectrology in American English (spekˈtrɑlədʒi) noun the study of ghosts, phantoms, or apparitions Derived forms spectrological (ˌspektrəˈlɑdʒɪkəl) adjective spectrologically adverb Word origin [1810–20; ‹ L spectr(um) specter + -o- + -logy]This word is first recorded in the period 1810–20. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: cleavage, duplex, dynamic, liberalism, triangulation-o- is the typical ending of the first element of compounds of Greek origin (as -i- is, in compounds of Latin origin), used regularly in forming new compounds with elementsof Greek origin and often used in English as a connective irrespective of etymology(Franco-Italian; geography; seriocomic; speedometer); -logy is a combining form used in the names of sciences or bodies of knowledge. Other wordsthat use the affix -logy include: genealogy, geology, reflexology, tropology, typologyExamples of 'spectrology' in a sentence |
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