Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

spectrophotometry

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.67 in modern English

Syllables
spec-tropho-tom-e-try
IPA
31
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

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- English photometry English spectrophotometry From spectro- + photometry.

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Questions

What does spectrophotometry mean?
the quantitative analysis of electromagnetic spectra by use of a spectrophotometer; especially in order to determine the structure or quantity of a substance
Where does spectrophotometry 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- English photometry English spectrophotometry From spectro- + photometry.

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