Spectroscopy

3 definitions found

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

  Spectroscopy \Spec*tros"co*py\, n.
     the art and science dealing with the use of a spectroscope,
     and the production and analysis of spectra; the action of
     using a spectroscope.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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

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

  37 Moby Thesaurus words for "spectroscopy":
     astrogeology, astrognosy, astrography, astrolithology, astronomy,
     astrophotography, astrophysics, celestial mechanics, chromatics,
     chromatography, chromatology, chromatoscopy, colorimetry,
     electron optics, gravitational astronomy, infrared spectroscopy,
     meteoritics, microscopics, microscopy, optical physics, optics,
     optometry, photography, radar astronomy, radio astronomy,
     solar physics, spectrography, spectrometry, spectrophotometry,
     spectrum analysis, stargazing, stellar photometry, stereoscopy,
     telescopy, uranography, uranology, uranometry