Spectrometry

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Spectrometry \Spec*trom"e*try\, n. (Physics)
     Art or process of using a spectrometer, of any type; -- when
     used alone, it usually refers to the use of a spectrometer
     using light in the visible, infrared, or ultraviolet region.
     -- {Spec`tro*met"ric}, a.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]


  
     {mass spectrometry}, the art or process of using a mass
        spectrometer to analyse chemical samples.
        [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  spectrometry
       n : the use of spectroscopes to analyze spectra [syn: {spectroscopy},
            {spectroscopic analysis}, {spectrum analysis}, {spectrographic
           analysis}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  18 Moby Thesaurus words for "spectrometry":
     chromatics, chromatography, chromatology, chromatoscopy,
     colorimetry, electron optics, infrared spectroscopy, microscopics,
     microscopy, optical physics, optics, optometry, photography,
     spectrophotometry, spectroscopy, spectrum analysis, stereoscopy,
     telescopy