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spectrometer

/spɛkˈtɹɑm.ɪ.təɹ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.89 in modern English

Syllables
spec-trom-e-ter
IPA
/spɛkˈtɹɑm.ɪ.təɹ/
18
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An optical instrument for measuring the absorption of light by chemical substances; typically it will plot a graph of absorption versus wavelength or frequency, and the patterns produced are used to identify the substances present, and their internal structure.

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 *meh₁- ▲ Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Hellenic *-tron Ancient Greek -τρον (-tron) Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron)lbor. French -mètrebor. English -meter English spectrometer From spectro- + -meter.

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /spɛkˈtɹɑm.ɪ.təɹ/
  • British English: /spɛkˈtɹɒm.ɪ.tə/

Inflected Forms

spectrometers (plural)

Derived Forms

fluorospectrometer hyperspectrometer microspectrometer minispectrometer photospectrometer radiospectrometer

Phrases

mass spectrometer scintillation spectrometer X-ray spectrometer

Frequently Paired Words

spectrometric spectrometry

Synonyms

mass spectrometer

Rhymes With

thermometer kilometer speedometer accelerometer interferometer odometer micrometer magnetometer dynamometer hydrometer anemometer hygrometer

Questions

How do you pronounce spectrometer?
The recorded pronunciation is /spɛkˈtɹɑm.ɪ.təɹ/.
What does spectrometer mean?
An optical instrument for measuring the absorption of light by chemical substances; typically it will plot a graph of absorption versus wavelength or frequency, and the patterns produced are used to identify the substances present, and their internal structure.
Where does spectrometer come from?
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 *meh₁- ▲ Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Hellenic *-tron Ancient Greek -τρον (-tron) Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron)lbor. French -mètrebor. English -meter English spectrometer From spectro- + -meter.

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