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SPECTROSCOPY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The use of spectroscopes to analyze spectra
Synonyms:
spectrographic analysis; spectrometry; spectroscopic analysis; spectroscopy; spectrum analysis
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("spectroscopy" is a kind of...):
chemical analysis; qualitative analysis (the act of decomposing a substance into its constituent elements)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "spectroscopy"):
mass spectroscopy (the use of spectroscopy to determine the masses of small electrically charged particles)
microwave spectroscopy (the use of spectroscopy to study atomic or molecular resonances in the microwave spectrum)
Derivation:
spectroscopic; spectroscopical (of or relating to or involving spectroscopy)
Context examples:
Currently, most commercial devices using nonlinear optics are only used in spectroscopy.
(Graphene paves the way to faster high-speed communications, University of Cambridge)
Testing the device using a spectrometer or spectrograph for the dispersion of visible light (includes electromagnetic, electron, and acoustic spectroscopy).
(Device Spectroscopy Evaluation Method, Food and Drug Administration)
A team of scientists from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts, used spectroscopy to decode the light and reveal clues to the chemical makeup of an atmosphere.
(Hubble Telescope Makes First Atmospheric Study of Earth-Sized Exoplanets, NASA)
Tests performed on the compound, using electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and surface analysis using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, confirmed the formation of positive bioactive elements.
(Mango leaf extract can stop ships from rusting, SciDev.Net)
Chemical thermodynamics, chemical kinetics, quantum chemistry, statistical mechanics, and spectroscopy are some areas of chemistry comprising the bulk of physical chemistry.
(Physical Chemistry, NCI Thesaurus)
The spectra are useful for detection and identification, for determination of electron structure, for study of interactions between molecules, and for measurement of nuclear spins and moments. (From McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology, 7th edition) Electron nuclear double resonance (ENDOR) spectroscopy is a variant of the technique which can give enhanced resolution.
(Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
Webb’s infrared instruments will be capable of detecting the types of molecules in the atmospheres of exoplanets by seeing which elements are absorbing light as the planet passes in front of its star, a scientific technique known as transit spectroscopy.
(NASA’s Webb Telescope to Investigate Mysterious Brown Dwarfs, NASA)
A type of spectroscopy that analyzes the X-rays emitted by a sample after exposure to a focused beam of high energy electromagnetic radiation to determine the atomic composition of a region of a sample.
(Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy, NCI Thesaurus)
The Irradiation Shared Resource provides Cancer Center investigators with support in the following areas: cell, tumor, specimen, animal irradiation for studies of radiobiologic mechanisms or to suppress immune responses in experimental animals, as well as to sterilize various cell, vaccine and drug preparations; radiotherapy models development and treatment planning, laser and photodynamic therapy, in vivo imaging, in vivo fluorescent imaging, atomic absorption spectroscopy, DNA damage and other radiation assays, safety training and dosimetry measurements.
(Irradiation Shared Resource, NCI Thesaurus)
Using a technique called pulsed field gradient (PFG) nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, which is not readily applied to battery electrode materials, the researchers measured the movement of lithium ions through the oxides, and found that they moved at rates several orders of magnitude higher than typical electrode materials.
(New class of materials could be used to make batteries that charge faster, University of Cambridge)
