spectrometry

English

Etymology

spectro- +‎ -metry

Noun

spectrometry (countable and uncountable, plural spectrometries)

(physics, analytical chemistry) 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

Derived terms

mass spectrometry
X-ray spectrometry

Related terms

spectrometer

Translations

measurement of the wavelength of electromagnetic radiation

Basque: espektrometria
Czech: spektrometrie f
Finnish: spektrometria
Icelandic: litrófsmæling f

Italian: spettrometria f
Portuguese: espectrometria f
Spanish: espectrometría f

See also

spectroscopy

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