spectroscopy
noun
spec·tros·co·py
spek-ˈträ-skə-pē 
1
: the process or technique of using a spectroscope or spectrometer
2
: the production and investigation of spectra
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Microscopy and Raman spectroscopy revealed why salt made such a difference.
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Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 17 Sep. 2025
The method for accomplishing precisely this was invented only 24 years later, in the form of spectroscopy.
—Thomas Moynihan, Big Think, 15 Sep. 2025
The X-ray diffraction showed that the bones’ microstructure had been changed by heating, and the spectroscopy found evidence of prolonged low-temperature heating in about 84% of the samples.
—Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2025
If there is an atmosphere present, the signal looks noticeably different than that from a bare rock, such as Mercury, as the light passes through the atmosphere and is scattered by any gases afloat in the alien skies, a process called transmission spectroscopy.
—Jonathan O'Callaghan, Scientific American, 8 Sep. 2025
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Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 17 Sep. 2025
The method for accomplishing precisely this was invented only 24 years later, in the form of spectroscopy.
—Thomas Moynihan, Big Think, 15 Sep. 2025
The X-ray diffraction showed that the bones’ microstructure had been changed by heating, and the spectroscopy found evidence of prolonged low-temperature heating in about 84% of the samples.
—Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2025
If there is an atmosphere present, the signal looks noticeably different than that from a bare rock, such as Mercury, as the light passes through the atmosphere and is scattered by any gases afloat in the alien skies, a process called transmission spectroscopy.
—Jonathan O'Callaghan, Scientific American, 8 Sep. 2025
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spectroscopy
noun
spec·tros·co·py
spek-ˈträs-kə-pē
plural spectroscopies
1
a
: the production and investigation of spectra
b
: the process or technique of using a spectroscope or spectrometer
2
: physics that deals with the theory and interpretation of interactions between matter and radiation (as electromagnetic radiation)
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