Meanings
adjectivespectromicroscopic (not comparable)
- not comparableRelating to spectromicroscopy.
Here we report pharmacological studies that indicate a role for thiol-targeted oxidative events in regulating the abscission process as well as SR-FTIR spectromicroscopic evidence of free radical attack in the abscission zone of dropped roots.
2015 July 9, Michael F. Cohen et al., “Bimodal effect of hydrogen peroxide and oxidative events in nitrite-induced rapid root abscission by the water fern Azolla pinnata”, in Frontiers in Plant Science, volume 6, →DOI
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*speḱ-
- Proto-Indo-European*spéḱyeti
- Proto-Italic*spekjō
- Latinspeciō
- Latinspectrum
- Englishspectrum
- Englishspectro-
- Proto-Indo-European*mey-der.?
- Ancient Greekμῑκρός (mīkrós)
- Proto-Indo-European*spéḱyeti
- Proto-Hellenic*sképt͏̌omai
- Ancient Greekσκέπτομαι (sképtomai)
- Ancient Greekσκοπός (skopós)
- Ancient Greekσκοπέω (skopéō)
- Latinmīcroscopium
- Italianmicroscopio
- Englishmicroscope
- Englishmicroscopic
- Englishspectromicroscopic
From spectro- + microscopic.
Full word history & related roots →Rhymes & wordplay
Anagrams
Cite this entry
APA
spectromicroscopic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spectromicroscopic
MLA
“spectromicroscopic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spectromicroscopic. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spectromicroscopic,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spectromicroscopic.
Source: spectromicroscopic on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.