microspectroscopic

adjective

Of or pertaining to microspectroscopy.

OriginEnglish spectroscopic ← French spectroscopique ← Ancient Greek σκοπέω (skopéō) →
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Meanings

adjectivemicrospectroscopic (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOf or pertaining to microspectroscopy.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*mey-der.?
  2. Ancient Greekμῑκρός (mīkrós)
  3. Ancient Greekμῑκρο- (mīkro-)
  4. Englishmicro-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*speḱ-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*spéḱyeti
  7. Proto-Italic*spekjō
  8. Latinspeciō
  9. Latinspectrum
  10. Englishspectrum
  11. Englishspectro-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*spéḱyeti
  13. Proto-Hellenic*sképt͏̌omai
  14. Ancient Greekσκέπτομαι (sképtomai)
  15. Ancient Greekσκοπός (skopós)
  16. Ancient Greekσκοπέω (skopéō)
  17. Latinspectrum
  18. Frenchspectro-
  19. Ancient Greekσκοπέω (skopéō)
  20. Frenchspectroscopie
  21. Frenchspectroscopique
  22. Englishspectroscopic
  23. Englishmicrospectroscopic

From micro- + spectroscopic.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

spectromicroscopic
Cite this entry
APA

microspectroscopic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microspectroscopic

MLA

“microspectroscopic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microspectroscopic. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “microspectroscopic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microspectroscopic.

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