Meanings
adjectivephotospectroscopic (not comparable)
- not comparableRelating to photospectroscopy
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰéh₂os
- Proto-Hellenic*pʰáwos
- Ancient Greekφᾰ́ος (phắos)
- Ancient Greekφῶς (phôs)
- Ancient Greekφωτο- (phōto-)
- Englishphoto-
- 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
- Englishphotospectroscopic
From photo- + spectroscopic.
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APA
photospectroscopic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/photospectroscopic
MLA
“photospectroscopic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/photospectroscopic. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “photospectroscopic,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/photospectroscopic.
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