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Definition: Spectroscopic |
SpectroscopicAdjective1. Of or relating to or involving spectroscopy; "spectroscospic analysis". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "spectroscopic" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1901. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | The recognition of elements through their emission spectra. (references) |
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Synonym: SpectroscopicSynonym: spectroscopical (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Spectroscopic |
| English words defined with "spectroscopic": Haemoscope, Huggins ♦ Sir William Huggins. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "spectroscopic": 1H-nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging ♦ Electron Beam Ion Trap ♦ Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy, METALLURGIST, PHYSICAL ♦ Occult Blood ♦ Pulse Radiolysis ♦ Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared, Spectroscopy, Mossbauer ♦ vacuum ultra violet, vacuum UV. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "spectroscopic": rubidium. (references) |
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 | NASA's Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE) satellite has given astronomers their ... Credit: NASA. |  | Spectroscopic Astronomy / Spy [pseud.]. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
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| "Spectroscopic" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Spectroscopic" is used about 25 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 25 | 69,787 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "spectroscopic": 1H-nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging ♦ High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager ♦ mass spectroscopic ♦ spectroscopic analysis ♦ spectroscopic lamp. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
spectroscopic | 15 |
ellipsometry spectroscopic | 6 |
ellipsometer spectroscopic | 5 |
ellipsometers spectroscopic | 4 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "spectroscopic"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 分光镜. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | spektroskopisk egenskab (spectroscopic characteristic), spektroskopdiagnostik (spectroscopic diagnostic), spektrallampe (spectral discharge lamp, spectroscopic lamp), spektralanalyse (Fourier analysis, frequency-domain analysis, spectral analysis, spectral method, spectroscopic analysis, spectrum analysis). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | spectrumlamp (spectral discharge lamp, spectroscopic lamp), spectroscopische eigenschap (spectroscopic characteristic), spectroscopische diagnose (spectroscopic diagnostic), spectrale lamp (spectral discharge lamp, spectroscopic lamp), spectrale analyse (spectroscopic analysis, spectrum analysis), spectraalanalyse (frequency analysis, spectroscopic analysis, spectrum analysis, wave analysis). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | spektriviivalamppu (spectral discharge lamp, spectroscopic lamp), spektraalilamppu (spectral discharge lamp, spectroscopic lamp). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | lampe spectrale (spectral discharge lamp, spectroscopic lamp), lampe émission spectrale (spectral discharge lamp, spectroscopic lamp), imagerie spectroscopique (spectroscopic imaging), diagnostic spectroscopique (spectroscopic diagnostic), caractéristique spectroscopique (spectroscopic characteristic), analyse spectrale (spectral analysis, spectroscopic analysis, spectrum analysis). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | spektroskopisch. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | φασματοσκοπικόσ (spectroscopical). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | lampada ad emissione spettrale (spectral discharge lamp, spectroscopic lamp), lampada a righe spettrali (spectral discharge lamp, spectroscopic lamp), diagnostica spettroscopica (spectroscopic diagnostic), caratteristica spettroscopica (spectroscopic characteristic), analisi spettroscopica (spectroscopic analysis), analisi spettrale (Fourier analysis, frequency-domain analysis, spectral analysis, spectroscopic analysis, spectrum analysis). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 分光分析 (spectroscopic analysis). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ぶ""うぶ"せき (spectroscopic analysis). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ectroscopicspay lâmpada espectral (spectral discharge lamp, spectroscopic lamp), lâmpada de emissão espectral (spectral discharge lamp, spectroscopic lamp), característica espectroscópica (spectroscopic characteristic), análise espectral (frequency analysis, spectroscopic analysis, spectrum analysis, wave analysis). (various references) спектроскопический (spectroscopical). (various references) lámpara espectral (spectral discharge lamp, spectroscopic lamp), característica espectroscópica (spectroscopic characteristic). (various references) spektrallampa (spectral discharge lamp, spectroscopic lamp). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "spectroscopic": spectroscopically. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-c-c-e-i-o-o-p-p-r-s-s-t" | |
-4 letters: coreopsis, coscripts, crocoites, opposites, porpoises, porticoes, proptoses, proptosis, prospects, sciroccos. | |
-5 letters: coppices, cortices, coscript, crispest, crocoite, croppies, crosstie, isotopes, opposers, opposite, porpoise, porticos, proposes, prosects, prosiest, prospect, prosties, reposits, ripostes, ripstops, sceptics, scirocco, scoopers, scooters, scotopic, siroccos, soppiest, stoopers, stoppers, topcross, triposes. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-c-c-e-i-o-o-p-p-r-s-s-t" | |
+4 letters: spectroscopically. | |
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