How to Use spectroscopy in a Sentence

spectroscopy

noun

• Back in the lab, the team used spectroscopy to identify the types of plastic present.
  — Rachel Nuwer, Scientific American, 6 June 2019
• For now, Manser hopes to apply the spectroscopy method to other star systems where gas disks are present.
  — Catherine Zuckerman, National Geographic, 4 Apr. 2019
• The latter is the youngest galaxy ever to have its age confirmed through spectroscopy.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 4 Apr. 2023
• Astronomers can use a process called spectroscopy to spread out the light from the galaxy, much like how a prism spreads out light and turns it into a rainbow.
  — Hailey Rose McLaughlin, Discover Magazine, 3 Dec. 2019
• The other way is to use methods of spectroscopy to sort of visualize their structure.
  — Josh Fischman, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2014
• This technique, called elastic scattering spectroscopy, allows for a much closer look than what a provider can see with the naked eye.
  — Alyssa Hui, Verywell Health, 25 Jan. 2024
• Using a technique called spectroscopy, scientists are able to measure the light from the star and measure the amount, or abundance, of those elements.
  — Natalie Hinkel, The Conversation, 25 June 2019
• Its imaging spectroscopy device, which shows light beyond the visible range, was copied by NASA.
  — Paul Tullis, New York Times, 10 June 2019
• The affordable low-power device uses a type of near-infrared spectroscopy to measure changes in blood flow within the brain.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 7 Jan. 2021
• The search by Cohen and his colleagues turned up 10 supplements, which the researchers bought and tested using a technique called mass spectroscopy.
  — NBC News, 23 Sep. 2020
• Those fractions can then be separated further by the next step, mass spectroscopy.
  — Jeanne Timmons, Ars Technica, 3 May 2023
• The researchers took blood samples from all the volunteers and analyzed the samples with infrared spectroscopy.
  — Susan Scutti, CNN, 4 Sep. 2017
• The collision was close enough to Earth and bright enough due to ultraviolet spectroscopy over a period of time that is longer than normal.
  — Julia Musto, Fox News, 14 Jan. 2023
• But the paper calls for next steps, like spectroscopy of the data, in order to rule out other possible explanations.
  — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 5 Apr. 2023
• After hundreds of millions of years, some bonds within proteins persist and can be traced with Raman spectroscopy.
  — Gretchen Vogel, Science | AAAS, 8 Oct. 2019
• The third method the researchers used, called inelastic neutron scattering spectroscopy, is much less common.
  — Stephanie Demarco, latimes.com, 28 June 2019
• The scientists then used a type of infrared spectroscopy to determine the composition of their samples.
  — Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2019
• So spectroscopy is usually performed after whiskies have been removed from the bottle.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 17 Sep. 2020
• With light integration, the circuits could also be used to assess tissue via spectroscopy.
  — Katherine Harmon, Scientific American, 11 Aug. 2011
• The technology used to measure muscle oxygen is called near-infrared spectroscopy, or NIRS.
  — Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 18 July 2022
• For Biswas, whose background is in laser spectroscopy, the optical communications test is the culmination of an effort a decade in the making.
  — John Johnson Jr., Discover Magazine, 27 Nov. 2023
• Scientists picked up signs of phosphene on Venus by using a technique called rotational spectroscopy.
  — Rhett Allain, Wired, 26 Sep. 2020
• Using these patterns to identify substances is known as spectroscopy.
  — Saima Sidik, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Feb. 2022
• This technique, called absorption spectroscopy, can tell us the composition of a planet's atmosphere, even 40 light-years away.
  — Jay Bennett, Popular Mechanics, 22 Feb. 2017
• But the two researchers from University College Cork examined the old feathers using a new method that combines X-ray and infrared spectroscopy.
  — Matt Hrodey, Discover Magazine, 28 Sep. 2023
• But there are only four such facilities in the world, according to Masson, and spectroscopy isn't available at all to smaller producers.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 28 May 2020
• With its precise ability to measure infrared light, Webb should be able to use spectroscopy to determine the chemical composition of the plumes.
  — Jay Bennett, Popular Mechanics, 25 Aug. 2017
• Their machine, which uses a technique called Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy, is roughly the size of a computer scanner.
  — Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2023
• These include spectroscopy – the analysis of the different wavelengths of light moving through a planet's atmosphere or reflected off of it.
  — Kate S. Petersen, USA TODAY, 29 Jan. 2022
• This method, called transit spectroscopy, is a key to unlocking the specific mix of chemicals and elements present in a planet’s atmosphere.
  — Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics, 20 June 2022

Last Updated: 28 May 2024