Meanings
adjectivemultispectroscopic (not comparable)
- not comparableRelating to, or employing multiple types of spectroscopy
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*mel-
- Proto-Indo-European*ml̥tós?
- Proto-Italic*moltos
- Latinmultus
- Latinmultī
- Middle Englishmulti-
- Englishmulti-
- Proto-Indo-European*speḱ-
- Proto-Indo-European*spéḱyeti
- Proto-Italic*spekjō
- Latinspeciō
- Latinspectrum
- Englishspectrum
- Englishspectro-
- Proto-Indo-European*spéḱyeti
- Proto-Hellenic*sképt͏̌omai
- Ancient Greekσκέπτομαι (sképtomai)
- Ancient Greekσκοπός (skopós)
- Ancient Greekσκοπέω (skopéō)
- Latinspectrum
- Frenchspectro-
- Ancient Greekσκοπέω (skopéō)
- Frenchspectroscopie
- Frenchspectroscopique
- Englishspectroscopic
- Englishmultispectroscopic
From multi- + spectroscopic.
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APA
multispectroscopic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/multispectroscopic
MLA
“multispectroscopic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/multispectroscopic. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “multispectroscopic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/multispectroscopic.
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