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spec·trom·e·ter
 spectrometer
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- pronunciation:
- spek
tra
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- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Parts
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noun |
| definition: |
a spectroscope equipped to measure wavelengths and the positions and angles of lines in a spectrum.
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adjective + (n.)spectrometer
atomic, differential, gamma-ray, hand-held, infrared, light, magnetic, mass, miniature, optical, portable, sensitive, thermal, ultraviolet, x-ray
verb + (n.)spectrometer
carry, connect, map, scatter, use
(n.)spectrometer
+ verb
analyze, build, couple, design, detect, examine, identify, measure, mount, observe, separate, study
noun + (n.)spectrometer
absorption,
alpha,
auger,
camera,
design,
detector,
electron,
emission,
energy,
entrance,
fluorescence,
gamma,
gamma-ray,
gas,
imaging,
laser,
light,
mapping,
mass,
measurement,
mission,
neutron,
opportunity,
plasma,
probe,
proton,
radio,
ray,
resolution,
resonance,
sample,
sodium,
spacecraft,
spectrum,
telescope,
x-ray
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spectrometric (adj.), spectrometry (n.) |
The word spectrometer
contains the following parts:
metr, -meter, -metry
Greek
root
that means measure
  Example words:
accelerometer, altimeter, ametropia, ammeter, anemometer, aneroid barometer, anthropometry, asymmetry, audiometer, barometer, biometrics, calorimeter, centimeter, chronometer, clinometer, cliometrics, craniometry, cryometer, cyclometer, decameter, decimeter, dekameter, diameter, dosimeter, dynamometer, econometrics, electrometer, fluorometer, galvanometer, geometric progression, geometry, goniometer, gravimeter, hectometer, hemacytometer, hemocytometer, heptameter, hexameter, hydrometer, hypermetropia, inclinometer, interferometer, isometric, lysimeter, magnetometer, manometer, meter, metrics, metronome, micrometer, nanometer, odometer, ohmmeter, optometry, parameter, pedometer, pentameter, perimeter, photometer, photometry, planimeter, polarimeter, potentiometer, pyrometer, radiometer, saccharimeter, saccharometer, salimeter, salinometer, spectrometer, speedometer, sphygmomanometer, symmetry, tachometer, taximeter, telemetry, tetrameter, thermometer, tonometer, trigonometry, trimeter, turbidimeter, variometer, voltammeter, voltmeter, wattmeter
spect, spec, spic, spectro
Latin
root
that means to see, look, watch
Example words:
aspect, auspicious, circumspect, conspectus, conspicuous, despicable, despise, expectation, inauspicious, inconspicuous, inspect, inspector, introspect, introspective, irrespective, perspective, perspicacious, perspicuous, prospect, prospective, prospectus, respect, respective, retrospect, retrospective, special, species, specific, specify, specimen, specious, spectacle, spectacular, spectator, specter, spectrograph, spectrometer, spectroscope, spectrum, speculate, speculum, suspect, suspicious
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