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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti Proto-Italic *spekjō Latin speciō Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Italic *-trom Latin -trum Latin spectrumbor. English spectrum English spectro- ▲ Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti Proto-Hellenic *sképt͏̌omai Ancient Greek σκέπτομαι (sképtomai) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Hellenic *-ós ▲ Ancient Greek -ος (-os)influ. Ancient Greek -ός (-ós) Ancient Greek σκοπός (skopós) Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Ancient Greek -έω (-éō) Ancient Greek σκοπέω (skopéō)der. English -scope Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English -scopic ▲ Latin spectrumder. French spectro- ▲ Ancient Greek σκοπέω (skopéō)der. French -scopie French spectroscopie ▲ Old French -ique Middle French -ique French -ique French spectroscopiquebor. English spectroscopic From spectro- + -scopic, or borrowed from French spectroscopique.
Meanings
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(not-comparable, qualifier:analytical chemistry) Of or relating to spectroscopy or to a spectroscope.
The station, with its vast array of telescopes and some of the most sensitive spectroscopic equipment ever made has detected more planets orbiting nearby stars.
1993, Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Sower, HEADLINE PUBLISHING GROUP (2019), page 78:
Deriveds
spectroscopic notation · spectroscopic analysis · microspectroscopic · spectroscopic binary · multispectroscopic · spectroscopically · optospectroscopic · photospectroscopic
Translations (6)
pl spektroskopowy (of or relating to spectroscopy or to a spectroscope) · ga speictreascópach (of or relating to spectroscopy or to a spectroscope) · fr spectroscopique (of or relating to spectroscopy or to a spectroscope) · ca espectroscòpic (of or relating to spectroscopy or to a spectroscope) · it spettroscopico (of or relating to spectroscopy or to a spectroscope) · es espectroscópico (of or relating to spectroscopy or to a spectroscope)