Meanings
adjectiveoptospectroscopic (not comparable)
- not comparableRelating to optical spectroscopy
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₃ekʷ-
- Ancient Greekὄπωπᾰ (ópōpă)
- Ancient Greekὀπτός (optós)
- Englishopto-
- 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
- Englishoptospectroscopic
From opto- + spectroscopic.
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APA
optospectroscopic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/optospectroscopic
MLA
“optospectroscopic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/optospectroscopic. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “optospectroscopic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/optospectroscopic.
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