spectrophotogoniometer

noun

A photogoniometer equipped with a spectrometer

OriginEnglish photogoniometer ← Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron) ← Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- →
Scrabble 34
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Meanings

nounspectrophotogoniometer (plural spectrophotogoniometers)

plural spectrophotogoniometers

  1. A photogoniometer equipped with a spectrometer

    The portable spectrophotogoniometer of the Centre for Research and Restoration of the French Museums (C2RMF, Paris) was used for the investigations.

    2015 August 19, “Direct Dating and Physico-Chemical Analyses Cast Doubts on the Coexistence of Humans and Dwarf Hippos in Cyprus”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*speḱ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*spéḱyeti
  3. Proto-Italic*spekjō
  4. Latinspeciō
  5. Latinspectrum
  6. Englishspectrum
  7. Englishspectro-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*bʰéh₂os
  10. Proto-Hellenic*pʰáwos
  11. Ancient Greekφᾰ́ος (phắos)
  12. Ancient Greekφῶς (phôs)
  13. Ancient Greekφωτο- (phōto-)
  14. Englishphoto-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*ǵónu
  16. Proto-Hellenic*gónu
  17. Proto-Hellenic*gonwía
  18. Ancient Greekγωνίᾱ (gōníā)
  19. Englishgonio-
  20. Proto-Indo-European*med-
  21. Proto-Indo-European*meh₁-
  22. Ancient Greekμέτρον (métron)
  23. Englishgoniometer
  24. Englishphotogoniometer
  25. Englishspectrophotogoniometer

From spectro- + photogoniometer.

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