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SPECTROMETRY

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spec⋅trom⋅e⋅ter

[spek-trom-i-ter]
–noun Optics.
an optical device for measuring wavelengths, deviation of refracted rays, and angles between faces of a prism, esp. an instrument (prism spectrometer) consisting of a slit through which light passes, a collimator, a prism that deviates the light, and a telescope through which the deviated light is viewed and examined.

Origin:
1870–75; spectro- + -meter


spec⋅tro⋅met⋅ric [spek-truh-me-trik] , adjective
spec⋅trom⋅e⋅try, noun
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spec·trom·e·ter   (spěk-trŏm'ĭ-tər)   
n.  A spectroscope equipped with scales for measuring wavelengths or indexes of refraction.
spec'tro·met'ric (-trə-mět'rĭk) adj., spec·trom'e·try n.
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Main Entry: spec·trom·e·ter
Pronunciation: spek-'träm-&t-&r
Function: noun
1 : an instrument used for measuringwavelengths of light spectra
2 : any of various analytical instruments in which an emission (as of particles or radiation) is dispersed according to some property (as mass orenergy) of the emission and the amount of dispersion is measured spectrometer> —spec·tro·met·ric /"spek-tr&-'me-trik/ adjectivespec·trom·e·try /spek-'träm-&-trE/ noun plural -tries
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spectrometer spec·trom·e·ter (spěk-trŏm'ĭ-tər)
n.
A spectroscope equipped with scales for measuring wavelengths or indexes of refraction.


spec'tro·met'ric (-trə-mět'rĭk) adj.

spectrometry spec·trom·e·try (spěk-trŏm'ĭ-trē)
n.
The observation and measurement of wavelengths of light or other electromagnetic radiation.

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