spectrometry

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

spectrometry
    n 1: the use of spectroscopes to analyze spectra [syn:
         {spectroscopy}, {spectrometry}, {spectroscopic analysis},
         {spectrum analysis}, {spectrographic analysis}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Spectrometry \Spec*trom"e*try\, n. (Physics)
   Art or process of using a spectrometer, of any type; -- when
   used alone, it usually refers to the use of a spectrometer
   using light in the visible, infrared, or ultraviolet region.
   -- {Spec`tro*met"ric}, a.
   [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]

   {mass spectrometry}, the art or process of using a mass
      spectrometer to analyse chemical samples.
      [PJC]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

18 Moby Thesaurus words for "spectrometry":
      chromatics, chromatography, chromatology, chromatoscopy,
      colorimetry, electron optics, infrared spectroscopy, microscopics,
      microscopy, optical physics, optics, optometry, photography,
      spectrophotometry, spectroscopy, spectrum analysis, stereoscopy,
      telescopy

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