spectroscopy

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
spectroscopy/spekˈtrɒskəpi/

▶noun the branch of science concerned with the investigation and measurement of spectra produced when matter interacts with or emits electromagnetic radiation.

– derivatives
spectroscopic adjective,
spectroscopically adverb,
spectroscopist noun.

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