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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In the lab, the researchers created membranes made purely of lipids extracted from the jellies and observed them under different pressures using x-ray scattering and fluorescence spectroscopy.
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science.org, 3 July 2024
Leveraging its expertise in photonics and spectroscopy, the company embarked on strategic research and development projects aimed at virus detection and diagnostics.
—Jon Stojan, USA TODAY, 8 Apr. 2024
Astronomers had just begun using prisms to investigate spectroscopy, splitting the sun's light into its component colors to study the star's chemical makeup.
—Rebecca Boyle, Scientific American, 1 Mar. 2024
Gliese 12 b, being a transiting exoplanet, frequently passes in front of its host star from our perspective on Earth, allowing detailed observations through transit spectroscopy.
—George Dvorsky / Gizmodo, Quartz, 23 May 2024
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science.org, 3 July 2024
Leveraging its expertise in photonics and spectroscopy, the company embarked on strategic research and development projects aimed at virus detection and diagnostics.
—Jon Stojan, USA TODAY, 8 Apr. 2024
Astronomers had just begun using prisms to investigate spectroscopy, splitting the sun's light into its component colors to study the star's chemical makeup.
—Rebecca Boyle, Scientific American, 1 Mar. 2024
Gliese 12 b, being a transiting exoplanet, frequently passes in front of its host star from our perspective on Earth, allowing detailed observations through transit spectroscopy.
—George Dvorsky / Gizmodo, Quartz, 23 May 2024
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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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